NineLessonThe Most DangerousGame
Lesson Nine The Most Dangerous Game
Richard Connell
Richard Connell
About the AuthorRichard Connell was born October 17.1893.in DlCounty near theHudsonRiverinNewYorkStatenot farfromTheodgRoosevelts homestead. At the age of ten, he started writing for thePouahkeepsieNews-Press.hisfathersnewspaperasabaseballreportLater,whileattending Georgetown College in Washington,D.C,Richardservedassecretaryfohisfather inCongress.Followinghisfathersdeatfin1912.Connell enrolledat HarvardUniversitywhereheservedas editorforboth theDaily Crimsonand the Lampoon.After Harvard,ConnellwenttoworkfortheNewYorkAmerican,anewspaperinNewYorkCity.Healsoserved with American forcesin World War I.In1925,followingthepublication of The Most Dangerous Game, which won him the OHenryMemorialAwardforshortfiction.ConnellmovedtoBeyerlyHillsCalifornia, where he continued his career as a freelance writer. RichardConnell was one of the most prolific short story writers of theearlytwentieth century,writing more than threehundred stories,many ofwhich were published in popular magazines of the day, such as TheSaturday EveningPostand'Colliers.His mostwidelyknownstory isTheMost Dangerous Game, which has been in print continuously since 1924.Many of his stories were published in three collections:The Sin ofMonsieurPetipon(1922),Apes and Angels(1924),andIronies(1930)Though Connell did not farget young adult readers with his stories orbooks, The Most Dangerous Game is often read by young adults and isten included in colléctions of stories foryoungadults
• About the AuthorRichard Connell was born October 17, 1893, in Duchess County near the Hudson River in New York Statenot far from Theodore Roosevelts homestead. At the age of ten, he started writing for the Poughkeepsie News-Press, his fathers newspaper, as a baseball reporter. Later, while attending Georgetown College in Washington, D.C., Richard served as secretary to his father in Congress. Following his fathers death in 1912, Connell enrolled at Harvard University where he served as editor for both the Daily Crimson and the Lampoon. After Harvard, Connell went to work for the New York American, a newspaper in New York City. He also served with American forces in World War I. In 1925, following the publication of The Most Dangerous Game, which won him the OHenry Memorial Award for short fiction, Connell moved to Beverly Hills, California, where he continued his career as a freelance writer. Richard Connell was one of the most prolific short story writers of the early twentieth century, writing more than three hundred stories, many of which were published in popular magazines of the day, such as The Saturday Evening Post and Colliers. His most widely known story is The Most Dangerous Game, which has been in print continuously since 1924. Many of his stories were published in three collections: The Sin of Monsieur Petipon (1922), Apes and Angels (1924), and Ironies (1930). Though Connell did not target young adult readers with his stories or books, The Most Dangerous Game is often read by young adults and is often included in collections of stories for young adults.
: Richard Connell became a freelance writer1919. He wrote several short storiesincluding "A Friend of Napoleon" and "TheMost Dangerous Game" (1924), sometimesknown as "The Hounds of Zaroff". "The MostDangerous Game" was awarded the O. HenryMemorial Award in 1924. Connell became oneof the best-known American, short storywriters; his stories appeared in the SaturdayEvening Post and Collier's Weekly. He wasnominated for an Academy Award for bestr 1941's Meet John Doeoriginal story forConnell had equal success as a journalist andscreenwriter. 'He died in Beverly HillsCalifornia at the age of fifty-six of a heartfack on November 22. 1949
• Richard Connell became a freelance writer in 1919. He wrote several short stories including "A Friend of Napoleon" and "The Most Dangerous Game" (1924), sometimes known as "The Hounds of Zaroff". "The Most Dangerous Game" was awarded the O. Henry Memorial Award in 1924. Connell became one of the best-known American short story writers; his stories appeared in the Saturday Evening Post and Collier's Weekly. He was nominated for an Academy Award for best original story for 1941's Meet John Doe. Connell had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter. He died in Beverly Hills, California at the age of fifty-six of a heartattack on November 22, 1949
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