Born Frederick Ogden Nash on August 19, 1902 in Rye, New York.
An ancestor, General Francis Nash, gave his name to Nashville, Tennesee.
Raised in Rye, New York and Savannah, Georgia. Educated at St. George's School in Rhode Island and, briefly, Harvard University.
Started work writing advertising copy for Doubleday, Page Publishing, New York, in 1925.
Published first book for children, The Cricket of Caradon in 1925.
First published poem Spring Comes to Murray Hill appears in New Yorker magazine in 1930.
Joins staff at New Yorker in 1932.
Married Frances Rider Leonard on June 6, 1933.
Published 19 books of poetry.
Collaborated, in 1943, in the musical comedy, One Touch of Venus
Elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1950.
Lived in New York but his principal home was in Baltimore, Maryland, where he died on May 19, 1971. He was buried in North Hampton, New Hampshire.
Poems by this Poet
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| A Drink With Something In It | 30 July 2013 |
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| The Shrimp | 31 July 2013 |
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| Lines To Be Embroidered On A Bib | 31 July 2013 |
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| Morning Prayer | 19 May 2014 |
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| The Boy Who Laughed At Santa Claus | 31 July 2013 |
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| Come On In, The Senility Is Fine | 31 July 2013 |
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| Pretty Halcyon Days | 31 July 2013 |
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| One Third Of The Calendar | 31 July 2013 |
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| The Eel | 31 July 2013 |
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| The Octopus | 31 July 2013 |
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