Roger Angell
Journalist

Roger Angell Net Worth

Roger Angell is a renowned New York-based writer, born on September 19, 1920. He is best known for his sports journalism pieces, as well as his New Yorker Christmas poems and works of fiction and literary criticism. He has been honored with numerous awards, including the 2011 PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day September 19, 1920
Birth Place New York
Age 103 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Virgo

💰 Net worth: $2 Million (2024)

About

Though he is also known for his New Yorker Christmas poems and for his works of fiction and literary criticism, this New York-based Writer is most famous for his Sports journalism pieces. He received the 2011 PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing, among many other honors.

Before Fame

After graduating from Harvard University, he served in World War II with the United States Army Air Forces.

Trivia

The Baseball Writers' Association of America honored him with its 2014 J. G. Taylor Spink Award.

Family Life

His first marriage, to Evelyn Baker, resulted in daughters named Callie and Alice. With his second wife, Carol Rogge Angell, he had a son named John Henry.

Associated With

His mother, Katharine Sergeant Angell White, was the fiction Editor for The New Yorker, and his stepfather, E.B. White, wrote the classic children's book Charlotte's Web. He grew up primarily in the care of his father, American Civil Liberties Union leader Ernest Angell.

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