George Ade (February 9, 1866 â€" May 16, 1944) was an American writer,
syndicated newspaper columnist, and playwright who gained national
notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his "Stories of the
Streets and of the Town", a column that used street language and slang
to describe daily life in Chicago, and a column of his fables in
slang, which were humorous stories that featured vernacular speech and
the liberal use of capitalization in his characters' dialog.Ade's
fables in slang gained him wealth and fame as an American humorist, as
well as earning him the nickname of the "Aesop of Indiana". His
notable early books include Artie (1896); Pink Marsh (1897); Fables in
Slang (1900), the first in a series of books; and In Babel (1903), a
collection of his short stories. His first play produced for the
Broadway stage was The Sultan of Sulu, written in 1901. The Sho-Gun
and his best-known plays, The County Chairman and The College Widow,
were simultaneously appearing on Broadway in 1904. Ade also wrote
scripts and had some of his fables and plays adapted into motion
pictures.During the first quarter of the 20th century, Ade, along with
Booth Tarkington, Meredith Nicholson,and James Whitcomb Riley helped
to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana.
syndicated newspaper columnist, and playwright who gained national
notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his "Stories of the
Streets and of the Town", a column that used street language and slang
to describe daily life in Chicago, and a column of his fables in
slang, which were humorous stories that featured vernacular speech and
the liberal use of capitalization in his characters' dialog.Ade's
fables in slang gained him wealth and fame as an American humorist, as
well as earning him the nickname of the "Aesop of Indiana". His
notable early books include Artie (1896); Pink Marsh (1897); Fables in
Slang (1900), the first in a series of books; and In Babel (1903), a
collection of his short stories. His first play produced for the
Broadway stage was The Sultan of Sulu, written in 1901. The Sho-Gun
and his best-known plays, The County Chairman and The College Widow,
were simultaneously appearing on Broadway in 1904. Ade also wrote
scripts and had some of his fables and plays adapted into motion
pictures.During the first quarter of the 20th century, Ade, along with
Booth Tarkington, Meredith Nicholson,and James Whitcomb Riley helped
to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana.
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