Roger Angell

Roger Angell
Roger Angell
	Angell in 2015
Born	September 19, 1920; New York City, U.S.
Died	May 20, 2022 (aged 101); New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Author
Alma mater	Harvard University
Genre	Sports journalism
Notable awards	PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing (2011); BBWAA Career Excellence Award (2014)
Spouse	Evelyn Baker ; Carol Rogge; Margaret Moorman;
Children	3
Parents	Ernest Angell (father); Katharine Sergeant Angell White ; (mother);
Relatives	E. B. White (stepfather); Joel White (half-brother);

Roger Angell (September 19, 1920 – May 20, 2022) was an American essayist known for his writing on sports, especially baseball. He was a regular contributor to The New Yorker and was its chief fiction editor for many years. He wrote numerous works of fiction, non-fiction, and criticism, and for many years wrote an annual Christmas poem for The New Yorker.

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