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John O'Hara was born in Pennsylvania on 31 January 1905. His first novel, Appointment in Samarra (1934), won him instant acclaim, and quickly came to be regarded as one of the most prominent writers in America. He won the National Book Award for his novel Ten North Frederick and had more stories published in the New Yorker than anyone in the history of the magazine. His fourteen novels include A Rage to Live, Pal Joey, BUtterfield 8 and From the Terrace. John O'Hara died on 11 April 1970.
Mr O'Hara's eyes and ears have been spared nothing, but he has kept in his heart a curious and bitter mercy -- Dorothy Parker O'Hara writes with swift realism, wisely avoids sentimentality * Time Magazine * Dramatic...exciting...vivid and written at high speed...accurate and often penetrating * The Nation * Better than anyone else, he told the truth about his time, the first half of the twentieth century. He was a professional. He wrote honestly and well -- John O'Hara on John O'Hara. He had this inscribed on his gravestone.
