Frederic Ogden Nash was born on August 19, 1902 in Rye, New York. He briefly attended Harvard University in 1920, but dropped out after a year. In 1925 he began working as an editor at Doubleday. He worked at The New Yorker magazine temporarily in 1932. In 1933, he married Frances Leonard; they had two daughters. In 1950, Nash was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He was honored with a US postage stamp in 2002.

Ogden Nash’s first published book was a children’s book called The Cricket of Caradon (1925). His first poem, Spring Comes to Murray Hill , was published in 1930. His first collection of poems was published under the title of Hard Lines (1931). Nash published 19 books of poetry in all and several children’s books. He also wrote the lyrics for a Broadway play; One Touch of Venus featured music written by Kurt Weil.

Ogden Nash died on May 19, 1971 of Crohn’s Disease.

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