Roger Angell

This article is about the American sportswriter. For the astrophysicist, see Roger Angel.

Roger Angell
Angell in 2015
Angell in 2015
Born(1920-09-19)September 19, 1920
New York City, U.S.
DiedMay 20, 2022(2022-05-20) (aged 101)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationAuthor
Alma materHarvard University
GenreSports journalism
Notable awardsPEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing (2011)
BBWAA Career Excellence Award (2014)
Spouse
    Evelyn Baker
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    (m. 1942; div. 1963)​
    Carol Rogge
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    (m. 1964; died 2012)​
    Margaret Moorman
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    (m. 2014)​
Children3
Parents
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Roger Angell (September 19, 1920 – May 20, 2022) was an American essayist known for his writing on sports, especially baseball. He was a regular contributor to The New Yorker and was its chief fiction editor for many years.[1][2] He wrote numerous works of fiction, non-fiction, and criticism, and for many years wrote an annual Christmas poem for The New Yorker.[2] Sportswriter Jane Leavy called him "the Babe Ruth of baseball writers."[3]

  1. ^ Sandomir, Richard (July 26, 2014). "Revered Essays on the Game Lead to a Hall of Fame Honor". The New York Times.
  2. ^ a b Kettmann, Steve (August 29, 2000). "Roger Angell". Salon. Archived from the original on January 13, 2009.
  3. ^ Leavy, Jane (2018). The Big Fella. p. 18.