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Nash was born in Rye, New York. His father owned and operated an import-export company, and because of business obligations Nash's family relocated often.
In 1920 Nash entered Harvard University, only to drop out a year later. He worked his way through a series of jobs, eventually landing a position as a copywriter at a Doubleday publishing house, where he first began to write poetry.
In 1931 he published his first collection of poems, Hard Lines, earning him national recognition. Some of his poems reflected an anti-establishment feeling. For example, one verse, entitled Common Sense, asks:
When Nash wasn’t writing poems, he made guest appearances on comedy and radio shows and toured the United States and England, giving lectures at colleges and universitiesA university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. A university provides both tertiary and quaternary education. University is derived from the Latin universitas meaning corporation since the first medieval.
Nash was regarded respectfully by the literary establishment, and his poems were frequently anthologized even in serious collections such as Selden Rodman's 1946Events January January 4 Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders the country is divided into four occupation zones Januar A New Anthology of Modern Poetry.
He was a master of the surprising, pun-like rhyme, as in his retort to Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker (born Dorothy Rothschild) ( August 22, 1893 June 7, 1967) was an American writer and poet best known for her caustic wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles. Born in West End, New Jersey, Parker first sold some poems t's dictum, Men seldom make passes/At girls who wear glasses:
He often wrote in a signature verse form, perhaps original with him, that creates a comic effect with pairs of lines that rhyme, but that are of dissimilar length and irregular meter. His poem Portrait of the Artist as a Prematurely Old Man uses this device to good effect. He opens by noting
He develops this at some length, expounding on the superiority of sins of commission, because
Nash was the lyricist for the Broadway musical One Touch of Venus, collaborating with librettist S. J. PerelmanSidney Joseph Perelman almost always known as S. Perelman ( February 1, 1904 October 17, 1979), was a United States humorist, author, and screenwriter. He is primarily known for his humorous short pieces written over many years for The New Yorker magazine and composer Kurt WeillKurt Weill ( March 2, 1900 April 3, 1950) was a German composer. He was born in Dessau, Germany and died in New York. After growing up in a religious Jewish family in Germany, Weill fled Nazi Germany in March 1933. He was seen as a particular threat by th. The show included the notable song "Speak Low (When You Speak Love)."
Nash died in 1971 and is interred in North Hampton, New HampshireNorth Hampton is a town located in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 4,259. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 37. 9 mi²) of it is land and 1..
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