John O'Hara

Author 24 / Writer 12 / Actor 3 · 1934 – 2023 · 🎬 15 📖 24 · 🇺🇸 United States

John Henry O'Hara was an American writer. He was one of America's most prolific writers of short stories, credited with helping to invent The New Yorker magazine short story style. He became a best-selling novelist before the age of 30 with Appointment in Samarra and BUtterfield 8. While O'Hara's legacy as a writer is debated, his work was praised by such contemporaries as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and his champions rank him highly among the major under-appreciated American writers of the 20th century. Few college students educated after O'Hara's death in 1970 have discovered him, chiefly because he refused to allow his work to be reprinted in anthologies used to teach literature at the college level.

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Highlights

Clownado

Clownado

2023

Spirits

Spirits

2014

Gibbsville, Pa

Gibbsville, Pa

1992

Frequent Collaborators

Todd Sheets

4 shared

James Thurber

3 shared

William Faulkner

William Faulkner

3 shared

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

3 shared

O. Henry

3 shared

Paul Horgan

3 shared

All decades 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

🎬 Movies

Clownado

Clownado

actor

2023

Spirits

Spirits

actor

2014

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson

writer

1987

Victims!

Victims!

writer

1985

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

writer

1975

A Rage to Live

A Rage to Live

writer

1965

BUtterfield 8

BUtterfield 8

writer

1960

From the Terrace

From the Terrace

writer

1960

Ten North Frederick

Ten North Frederick

writer

1958

Pal Joey

Pal Joey

writer

1957

The Best Things in Life Are Free

The Best Things in Life Are Free

writer

1956

On Our Merry Way

On Our Merry Way

writer

1948

Moontide

Moontide

writer

1942

He Married His Wife

He Married His Wife

writer

1940

The General Died at Dawn

The General Died at Dawn

actor

1936

📖 Books

Gibbsville, Pa

Gibbsville, Pa

author

1992

Great American Short Stories [34 stories]

Great American Short Stories [34 stories]

author

1977

The Other Persuasion

The Other Persuasion

author

1977

The Ewings

The Ewings

author

1972

Great Short Stories of the World

Great Short Stories of the World

author

1972

Lovey Childs; a Philadelphian's story

Lovey Childs; a Philadelphian's story

author

1969

The instrument

The instrument

author

1967

Waiting for winter

Waiting for winter

author

1966

The horse knows the way

The horse knows the way

author

1964

The hat on the bed

The hat on the bed

author

1963

The Cape Cod lighter

The Cape Cod lighter

author

1962

The big laugh

The big laugh

author

1962

Sermons and soda-water

Sermons and soda-water

author

1960

From the terrace

From the terrace

author

1958

Great American Short Stories

Great American Short Stories

author

1957

Butterfield 8

Butterfield 8

author

1957

A family party

A family party

author

1956

Ten North Frederick

Ten North Frederick

author

1955

A rage to live

A rage to live

author

1949

Hellbox

Hellbox

author

1947

Short Stories from the New Yorker

Short Stories from the New Yorker

author

1940

Butterfield 8

Butterfield 8

author

1935

Appointment in Samarra ; BUtterfield 8 ; Hope of heaven

author

1934

Appointment in Samarra

Appointment in Samarra

author

1934

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