Roger Angell

Roger Angell (September 19, 1920 – May 20, 2022) an American essayist. He was 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 many works of fiction, non-fiction, and criticism, and for many years wrote an annual Christmas poem for "The New Yorker".
He received awards for his writing, including the George Polk Award for Commentary in 1980, the "Kenyon Review" Award for Literary Achievement in 2005 along with Umberto Eco, and the inaugural PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing in 2011.
He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007 and was a long-time ex-officio member of the council of the Authors Guild.
Angell died of congestive heart failure on May 20, 2022 at his apartment in New York City, aged 101.