Ogden Nash
(1902–1971)

Ogden Nash was born in Rye, New York, although he spent most of his childhood in Savannah, GA. He is known for writing some of America's funniest poetry. His first book of poetry, Hard Lines, was published in 1931. This book was a tremendous success and sold out seven printings. In that same year Nash married Frances Rider Leonard. He was also a frequent contributor to the New Yorker, a magazine for which he served as an editor. That poetry even inspired The Atlantic Monthly, an old and respected literary magazine, to call Nash a "…gift to the United States." In addition to turning out humorous, jingly poems, he found time to write the Broadway musical, One Touch of Venus.

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