Kahn,+Roger

Biographical Information:
Dates 1927- Dates in Ridgefield: past resident circa 1971

fiction, nonfiction, journalism, sports, magazine editing newspaper reporter, sports writer, magazine editor

Of Roger Kahn, //The Washington Post// wrote, “Kahn is not only a great baseball writer but also something rarer: a great writer whose subject happens to be baseball.” He is perhaps best-known for his 1972 book, //The Boys of Summer,// which has sold an estimated 3 million copies and which James Mitchener called “The finest American book on sports,” was made into a movie. He has also written about other subjects, including a biography of Jack Dempsey; two novels; and a book about the Marilyn Monroe-Joe DiMaggio romance. As a //Herald Tribune// baseball writer, sports editor at //Newsweek,// and contributor to //Esquire, Time, Sports Illustrated,// and //The Saturday Evening Post,// he has written often about politics and racial injustice. Five times his articles were voted the best in the country, and he was awarded the E.P. Dutton prize. “Each day I keep kicking the wastebasket and beating my brains to get out one page a day,” he told //Ridgefield Press// in 1972. In addition, Kahn has lectured at Yale, Princeton, and Columbia Universities.

//The Boys of Summer, // 1972 //Joe & Marilyn: A Memory of Love //, 1986 //The Era 1947-57: When the Yankees, Giants, and the Dodgers Ruled //, 2002 //Memories of Summer //, 2004 //Into My Own: The Remarkable People and Events that Shaped a Life //, 2007
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<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">--Sources: [|www.rogerkahn.com;] Notable Ridgefielders–Jack Sanders; Wikipedia