Ogden Nash was born in Rye, New York on August 19, 1902 (Wright 1).
a living importing and exporting goods which required Mr. Nash's family to move often .
(Trachtenberg 1). Ogden's childhood was spent mainly in Savannah, Georgia with his two .
sisters in an environment where learning and education was very important (Wright 1). .
He attended Harvard for one year until he had to quit due to money problems .
(Wright 1). After he left, at age nineteen, he got his first job as a teacher at his old .
highschool (Smith 2). From then on, he worked many jobs such as writing streetcar .
advertisements, working the stock market, and various teaching positions (Wright 1). .
Soon, Ogden found a stable job as an editor and publicist for Doubleday Page Publishers .
(Trachtenberg 1). His boss, Dan Longwell encouraged Ogden to submit his .
poetry to The New Yorker (Wright 1). It was then that his writing career took off .
(Wright 1). On January 11, 1930, Nash's poem first appeared in the magazine (Smith .
2). In 1932, Nash left his job to join The New Yorker staff (Wright 1). .
On a more personal note, Ogden Nash married Frances Leonard in 1931 and she .
gave birth to two girls named Linell and Isabel (Smith 3). They all moved to Baltimore, .
Maryland (Wright 1). They were very proud when Ogden was the recipient of honorary .
degrees from Adelphi, New England College, Franklin and Marshall, and became a .
member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Society of .
Composers, Authors and Publishers, and the National Institute of Arts and Letters .
(Trachtenberg 1). Nash's poetry appeared in Cosmopolitan, The Saturday Evening .
Post, Ladies' Home Journal, Reader's Digest, Playboy, Hallmark, The New Yorker, .
Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, and Washington Post (Wright 2). He was not picky .
whatsoever about his buyers (Smith 3). From 1963 to his death, Ogden and his family .
lived in the Village of Cross Keys (Smith 4). .
Ogden Nash died on May 19, 1971 (Wright 2).
