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Damon Runyon

Oct. 4, 1880 - Dec. 10, 1946

Runyon was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. To New Yorkers of his generation, a "Damon Runyon character" evoked a distinctive social type from the Brooklyn or Midtown demi-monde. The adjective "Runyonesque" refers to this type of character as well as to the type of situations and dialog that Runyon depicted. He spun humorous tales of gamblers, hustlers, actors, and gangsters, few of whom go by "square" names, preferring instead colorful monikers such as "Nathan Detroit," "Benny Southstreet," "Big Jule," "Harry the Horse," "Good Time Charley," "Dave the Dude," or "The Seldom Seen Kid." Runyon wrote these stories in a distinctive vernacular style: a mixture of formal speech and colorful slang, almost always in present tense, and always devoid of contractions.
The musical Guys and Dolls was based on two Runyon stories, "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure".[3] The musical also takes characters and story elements from a few other Runyon stories, most notably "Pick The Winner." The film Little Miss Marker (and its remake, Sorrowful Jones) grew from his short story of the same name.

Runyon was also a newspaperman. He wrote the lead article for UP on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Presidential inauguration in 1933.
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  • Cover of: Great Short stories of the World

    First published in 1972 9 editions in 1 language — 8 previewable Cover of edition greatshortstorie0000vari Cover of edition greatshortstorie00mont Cover of edition greatshortstorie0000unse_s4d3 Cover of edition greatshortstorieplea Cover of edition greatshortstorie00plea Cover of edition greatshortstorie00read Cover of edition greatshortstorie0000unse_k7k3
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  • Cover of: Runyon from first to last: containing all the stories written by Damon Runyon and not included in 'Runyonon Broadway'.

    First published in 1954 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Damon Runyon omnibus.

    First published in 1935 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: More guys and dolls: thirty-four of the best short stories

    First published in 1951 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Damon Runyon Favorites

    First published in 1942 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition damonrunyonfavor00runy
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  • Cover of: The Britannica Library of Great American Writing: Volume II

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  • Cover of: Guys and dolls and other stories

    First published in 1956 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1912 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The tents of trouble

    First published in 1911 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition tentstrouble00runygoog
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  • Cover of: A treasury of Damon Runyon

    First published in 1958 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Great American Short Stories

    First published in 1977 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition isbn_9780895770332
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  • Cover of: Seven American short stories: Ambrose Bierce, William Faulkner, Sinclair Lewis, Harry D. Miller, Edgar Allan Poe, Damon Runyon, John Updike

    First published in 1989 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Fireside Al's Treasury of Classic Stories

    First published in 1997 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition firesidealstreas0000unse_b4n8
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  • Cover of: Romance in the roaring forties and other stories

    First published in 1985 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition romanceinroaring00runy
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  • Cover of: Runyon on Broadway

    First published in 1954 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Happy Endings: 15 stories by the masters of the macabre

    First published in 1974 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Bloodhounds of Broadway and Other Stories

    First published in 1981 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Guys, dolls, and curveballs: Damon Runyon on baseball

    First published in 2005 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1946 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The snatching of Bookie Bob and other stories

    First published in 1995 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Fiction, Short stories, Social life and customs, short stories, Fiction, short stories (single author), History, Horror stories, New york (n.y.), fiction, American literature, Children's fiction, Classic Literature, Horror fiction, Horror tales, Juvenile audience, Manners and customs, Nouvelles, allegory, change, death, gentleman's agreements, nonlinear narrative, recluses, tradition, African Americans, Agriculture
Places
Broadway (New York, N.Y.), New York, New York (N.Y.), Jefferson, Mississippi, United States, Yoknapatawpha County, Alabama, Amazon rainforest, Caribbean, Dublin, Ireland, Justice of the Peace Court, London, Mike Schofield's house, New England, Owl Creek Bridge, Paris, Ship-Trap Island, Tibet, Wall Street
People
Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Homer Barron, Mr. Grierson, Tobe, Abner Snopes, Bartleby, Bill Hutchinson, Caddy, Cicero, Damon Runyon (1880-1946), Dilsey, Eugene Foster, General Zaroff, Ginger Nut, Harry Graves, Ivan, Jailer, Jason, Jesus, John Jacob Astor, Lennie Snopes, Lizzie, Louise Schofield, Major de Spain
Time
Antebellum era, 1861-65, 1898-1951, 19th century, 20th century

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  • Alfred Damon Runyon

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