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Richard Connell

{{Short description|American author and journalist (1893–1949)}}

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| name = Richard Connell

| birth_name = Richard Edward Connell Jr.

| image = File:Richard Connell, circa 1923.jpg

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| caption = Connell, c. 1923

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|10|17}}

| birth_place = Poughkeepsie, New York

| death_date = {{death date and age|1949|11|22|1893|10|17}}

| death_place = Beverly Hills, California

| occupation = Author, journalist

| alma_mater = Harvard University{{cite web|url=http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hua23013|title=Connell, Richard Edward, 1893-1949. Richard Edward Connell personal archive, 1912-1972, bulk 1912-1915: an inventory|website=Harvard University Libraries|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403032306/http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hua23013|archive-date=April 3, 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=December 18, 2017}}

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Richard Edward Connell Jr. (October 17, 1893 – November 22, 1949) was an American author and journalist. He is most notable for his short story "The Most Dangerous Game" (1924). Connell was one of the most popular American short story writers of his time. His stories were published in The Saturday Evening Post and Collier's magazines. He had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter, and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1942 (Best Original Story) for the movie Meet John Doe (1941), directed by Frank Capra and based on his 1922 short story "A Reputation".

Life and career

Connell was born on October 17, 1893, in Poughkeepsie, New York, the son of Richard E. Connell and Mary Miller Connell. He began his writing career for The Poughkeepsie Journal, and attended Georgetown College for a year before going to Harvard University. While at Harvard, Connell edited The Lampoon and The Crimson. He subsequently worked on the city staff of The New York American and as a copy writer for J. Walter Thompson.{{Cite news|url=|title=Richard Connell, Novelist, is Dead: Short-Story and Screen Writer Worked on Many Successful Films--Once in Advertising|last=|first=|date=November 24, 1949|work=The New York Times|access-date=}} Connell served in France with the US Army during World War I. While in the army, he was the editor of his camp's newspaper.{{cite web |url=http://thenostalgialeague.com/olmag/connell-most-dangerous-game.html |title=The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123164538/http://thenostalgialeague.com/olmag/connell-most-dangerous-game.html |archive-date=23 January 2010 |url-status=dead}} After the war, he turned to writing short stories, and eventually wrote over 300.

Screenplays

Novels

  • The Mad Lover (1927)
  • Murder at Sea (1929)
  • Playboy (1936)
  • What Ho! (1937)

Short story collections

  • The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and Other Humorous Tales (1922) – Also known as Mister Braddy's Bottle and Other Humorous Tales
  • Apes and Angels (1924) – Includes "The Man Who Could Imitate a Bee".[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/000061111 Apes and angels] at WorldCat
  • Variety (1925) – Includes "The Most Dangerous Game".[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/002995736 Variety] at WorldCat
  • Ironies (1930) – Includes "The Law Beaters".[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/002995655 Ironies] at WorldCat
  • The Most Dangerous Game

References

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External links

  • {{Wikisource author-inline|Richard Connell}}
  • [https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/author/richardconnell Works by Richard Connell] at [https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/ Library of Short Stories]
  • {{Gutenberg author | id=38837}}
  • {{FadedPage|id=Connell, Richard|name=Richard Connell|author=yes}}
  • {{Internet Archive author |sname=Richard Edward Connell}}
  • {{Librivox author |id=2649}}
  • {{IMDb name|0175028}}
  • [http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/SearchResult.aspx?s=&TBL=PN&Type=YP&ID=129739&pName=%20Richard%20Connell Richard Connell] at The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100123164538/http://thenostalgialeague.com/olmag/connell-most-dangerous-game.html Additional biography and text of The Most Dangerous Game]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20240808010253/https://wikilivres.org/wiki/Richard_Connell Works by Richard Connell] (public domain in Canada)
  • [http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~sch00524 Louise Fox Connell Papers, 1904-1986] at Harvard University Library

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Category:1893 births

Category:1949 deaths

Category:20th-century American poets

Category:20th-century American short story writers

Category:American male novelists

Category:American male poets

Category:American male short story writers

Category:Writers from Poughkeepsie, New York

Category:Harvard University alumni

Category:20th-century American male writers

Category:Novelists from New York (state)

Category:Georgetown University College of Arts & Sciences alumni