PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (2011) Winner
Roger Angell
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Roger Angell
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1920-09-19 （Manhattan, New York City, U.S.）
- Died
- 2022-05-20 （Manhattan, New York City, U.S.） age 101
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Manhattan, New York City
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Sportswriter, Editor
- Active Years
- 1944-2020
- Affiliations
- Authors Guild (ex‑officio council member), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow)
- Memberships
- Authors Guild (council/ex‑officio), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow), American Academy of Arts and Letters (Member)
- Influenced By
- John Updike, E. B. White (stepfather)
- Influenced
- Michael Chabon, Ross Douthat, Many contemporary baseball writers (e.g., Jane Leavy)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pomfret School | — | — | — | 在学〜1938 | United States |
| Harvard University | — | — | — | 在学（卒業年不明） | United States |
Pomfret School
Period:
在学〜1938
Year of Graduation:
1938
Country:
United States
Harvard University
Period:
在学（卒業年不明）
Country:
United States
Attended
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | George Polk Award (Commentary) | — | — | George Polk Awards | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement | — | — | Kenyon Review | 受賞 |
| 2011 | PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing (inaugural) | — | — | PEN/ESPN | 受賞 |
| 2014 | J. G. Taylor Spink Award (BBWAA Career Excellence Award) | — | — | Baseball Writers' Association of America | 受賞（殿堂栄誉） |
| 2015 | National Magazine Award (Essays and Criticism) | This Old Man (essay, from This Old Man: All in Pieces) | — | American Society of Magazine Editors | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Baseball Reliquary Shrine of the Eternals (inductee) | — | — | Baseball Reliquary | 選出（殿堂） |
| 2015 | American Academy of Arts and Letters (elected member) | — | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 選出 |
George Polk Award (Commentary)
1980
Organization:
George Polk Awards
Result:
受賞
Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement
2005
Organization:
Kenyon Review
Result:
受賞
PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing (inaugural)
2011
Organization:
PEN/ESPN
Result:
受賞
J. G. Taylor Spink Award (BBWAA Career Excellence Award)
2014
Organization:
Baseball Writers' Association of America
Result:
受賞（殿堂栄誉）
National Magazine Award (Essays and Criticism)
2015
Work:
This Old Man (essay, from This Old Man: All in Pieces)
Organization:
American Society of Magazine Editors
Result:
受賞
Baseball Reliquary Shrine of the Eternals (inductee)
2010
Organization:
Baseball Reliquary
Result:
選出（殿堂）
American Academy of Arts and Letters (elected member)
2015
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
選出
Awards & Nominations
Michael Braude Award for Light Verse
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (2012) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Summer Game
1972 Sports journalism / EssayA collection of essays on baseball, covering game narratives, player portraits, and reflections on baseball culture.
baseballobservationnarrative of games
Five Seasons: A Baseball Companion
1977 Sports journalism / EssayAn essay collection chronicling and reflecting on several baseball seasons.
seasons and sportmemory and comparisonpoetics of competition
Late Innings: A Baseball Companion
1982 Sports journalism / EssayEssays focusing on late-game moments and later stages of careers, notable for seasoned observation and style.
aginglate-game tensionmemory
This Old Man: All in Pieces
2015 EssayA collection of essays in which the aging writer reflects on his experiences and thoughts, including recollections and meditations.
aging and memoryfamilylife reflection
Bibliography
- The Stone Arbor and Other Stories
- A Day In the Life of Roger Angell
- The Summer Game
- Five Seasons: A Baseball Companion
- Late Innings: A Baseball Companion
- Season Ticket: A Baseball Companion
- Once More Around the Park: A Baseball Reader
- A Pitcher's Story: Innings with David Cone
- Game Time: A Baseball Companion
- Let Me Finish
- This Old Man: All in Pieces
Adaptations
- Contribution/commentary in Ken Burns' documentary series "Baseball" (1994)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical, observant proseessayistic with meticulous description
- Recurring Motifs
- baseballpassage of timeaging and memoryprecise character portraits
Health
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congestive heart failure晩年Cause of death; he died at home from congestive heart failure.
Legacy
Roger Angell established a literary reputation for his baseball essays and, as a long‑time contributor and editor at The New Yorker, left a major imprint on magazine literature. He became a seminal figure in baseball journalism and influenced many writers and journalists.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
Archives
- The New Yorker archives
- Library of America (works excerpted in Baseball: A Literary Anthology)
In Popular Culture
- Helped shape a literary discourse around baseball culture
Quotes
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He did as much to distinguish The New Yorker as anyone in the magazine's nearly century‑long history. His prose and his editorial judgment left an imprint that's hard to overstate.
Source: David Remnick, The New Yorker (obituary/tribute) (2022) -
He was called "the Babe Ruth of baseball writers."
Source: Jane Leavy (sportswriter) (2018)
Trivia
- Long‑time contributor to The New Yorker and longtime fiction editor there.
- Wrote an annual Christmas poem for The New Yorker for many years.
- Stepfather was the essayist E. B. White.
- Received the J. G. Taylor Spink Award (now BBWAA Career Excellence Award) in 2014 and was honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame writer's section.
- Died at age 101.