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Damon Runyon (Alfred Damon Runyon), 1884-1946, American short story writer and journalist, b. Manhattan, Kans. He is best known for his humorous stories—written in a picturesque, slangy journalistic idiom (often referred to as Runyonese)—about New York City's Broadway and underworld characters. Collections of his works include Guys and Dolls (1931), Blue Plate Special (1934), Money from Home (1935), and Runyon à la Carte (1944). The musical Guys and Dolls (1950) was based on Runyon's stories.

Bibliography: See biographies by D. Runyon, Jr. (1954) and J. Breslin (1991).

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Runyon, [Alfred] Damon (1884–1946), journalist and sports columnist, also known for his short stories of the underworld, professional athletes, Broadway hangers‐on, and other American types, distinguished for their use and invention of slang. These were collected in such volumes as Guys and Dolls (1932), which inspired the musical comedy of the same title (1950) by Abe Burrows and others, Take It Easy (1938), My Wife Ethel (1940), Runyon à la Carte (1944), In Our Town (1946), and Short Takes (1946). With Howard Lindsay he wrote the farce A Slight Case of Murder (1935).

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