Ogden Nash

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Ogden Nash
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Ogdens Family History
- He was born Frederick Ogden Nash on August 19,
1902 in Rye, New York.
- At age seven, Nash was diagnosed with a serious
eye infection that forced him to stay in dark
rooms for over a year. It was then when Nash
began to expand his mind throught poems and
stories read to him by his mother. This was the
only easy way for Nash to pass the time.
- He was the youngest of five children who
belonged to his parents, whom Nash never really
knew.
- By the age of 10, Nash had already begun
writing poems that would soon become pieces of
literary art.
- Nash was raised mainly by his grandfather, from
whom he received the name Frederick.
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Ogdens Education
- From an early age, Nash knew his loves were
writing and speaking, and decided to pursue these
interests during his school years.
- Ogden was first sent to St. Georges School, a
catholic school in Rhode Island where he was for
his high school education.
- After High School, Nash went on to study
literature briefly at Harvard University in 1920.
- After his school days, Nash started writing
advertising copy for Doubleday Page Publishing in
New York. However, the poems he wrote in his
spare time were really catching the eyes of some
very important publishers, as well as people
throughout America.
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A List of Ogdens Published Works
- Hard Lines 1931 - I'm a Stranger Here
Myself 1938 -The Face is Familiar
1940 - Good
Intentions 1942 -
Many Long Years Ago 1945 -
Selected Verse 1946 - Versus 1949
- Parents Keep Out 1951
- The Private Dining Room 1953
- You Can't Get There From Here 1957
- The Christmas That Almost
Wasn't 1957 -
Everyone But Thee and Me 1962
- Marriage Lines 1964
- The Untold Adventures of Santa Claus
1964 - There's Always
Another Windmill 1968 -
Bed Riddance 1970 - The Old Dog
Barks Backwards 1972

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Ogdens Awards And Recognitions
Collaborated, in 1943, in the musical comedy,
"One Touch of Venus."
Elected to the National Institute of Arts and
Letters in 1950.
His poem Spring Comes to Murray Hill won the poem
of the year award in 1930 fir the New Yorker.
He has won numerous awards for his zany series of
poems on video.
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Contributions to American Literature
Nash is best known for revolutionizing the
creature poem, such as this one.
Nashs unique method of writing his poems, almost
in a child-like manner, is what makes him such a
distinguishable poet in American literature today.
THE OCTOPUSTell me, O Octopus, I begsIs those
things arms, or is they legs?I marvel at thee,
OctopusIf I were thou, I'd call me Us.
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Tribute to Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash died on May 19, 1971 in Baltimore,
Maryland.
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Works Cited
http//www.aenet.org/poems/ognash1.htm
http//www.westegg.com/nash/
http//www.mdkidspage.org/nash.html
http//www.veeceet.com/kids/nash.html
http//www.americanpoems.com/poets/nash/