Roger Angell

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Roger Angell

Born September 19, 1920

Roger Angell born September 19, 1920, is considered by many to be one of baseball's finest authors. Angell is the son of editor and author, Katharine Sergeant Angell White, and the stepson of author and essayist, E. B. White (co-author of The Elements of Style). Angell's stepfather left a lasting influence upon Roger's writing.

Roger Angell is frequently deemed to be both a prolific and intelligent writer that has crafted some of the baseball literature genre's finest works of prose. He's even been referred to as "the best baseball writer ever!" In addition to writing on baseball, Angell has written short fiction and narrative pieces. He first wrote about baseball in 1962, after receiving an invitation from The New Yorker. He has worked as an editor at The New Yorker' since 1956 and many of his essays about baseball originally were published there. Some have been collected into books over the years.