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John C. Keats

4.3/5 ( ratings)
Born
December 05 1920
Died
0202 11 20002000
Often confused with English poet John Keats, John C. Keats was a newspaperman and social critic whose often biting commentary skewered American trends of the 1950s and 1960. The "second" Keats claimed to be a descendant of the poet, and one of his author photos showed him standing before the Keats-Shelley House in Rome, Italy.

After serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the Pacific Theater during WWII, Keats worked as a reporter for the Washington Daily News and later went on to become a freelance writer. His articles appeared in over 44 publications in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain and West Germany. In America, he contributed to Field & Stream, True, Outdoor Life, The Saturday Evening Post, Life, Esquire, Playboy, The National Geographic, Look and Vanity Fair.

He was the author of 13 books, some New York Times Best Sellers, with translated copies appearing in nine languages. Although perhaps best known for satirical social criticism leveled against post-war housing, automobiles and schools he also wrote biographies as well as history and two semi-autobiographical works His love of travel and of the old wooden boats that passed his riverfront home prompted two additional works .

During his career Keats received the Washington Guild Front Page Award for best human interest story, June 2, 1949, in the Washington Daily News; The Literary Achievement Award from the Georgia Writers Association for non fiction in 1958 for his book, Schools Without Scholars; The Sydney Hillman Foundation Award for the 1962 television documentary, "Conformity" appearing on WCAU-TV in Philadelphia; a Colonial Dames of America Citation in 1977 for his book, "Whatever Happened to Mom's Apple Pie?" and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 1961 to pursue his writing and research work for "They Fought Alone."

From 1974 until retiring in 1990, Keats taught magazine writing at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, in upper New York State. Proud of his ability at having earned a living as a writer, during lectures Keats was fond of echoing the famous lexicographer Samuel Johnson's dictum that "Only a blockhead writes for anything but money." He urged his students to aspire to obtain assignments from high profile, reputable publications and "not those that are commonly used to wrap fish."

Upon retirement, Mr. Keats resided part time in Italy; Savannah, Georgia; Washington, D.C., and Kingston, Ontario. He always maintained his summer home on the St. Lawrence River between Alexandria Bay, New York and Rockport, Ontario.

John C. Keats

4.3/5 ( ratings)
Born
December 05 1920
Died
0202 11 20002000
Often confused with English poet John Keats, John C. Keats was a newspaperman and social critic whose often biting commentary skewered American trends of the 1950s and 1960. The "second" Keats claimed to be a descendant of the poet, and one of his author photos showed him standing before the Keats-Shelley House in Rome, Italy.

After serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the Pacific Theater during WWII, Keats worked as a reporter for the Washington Daily News and later went on to become a freelance writer. His articles appeared in over 44 publications in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain and West Germany. In America, he contributed to Field & Stream, True, Outdoor Life, The Saturday Evening Post, Life, Esquire, Playboy, The National Geographic, Look and Vanity Fair.

He was the author of 13 books, some New York Times Best Sellers, with translated copies appearing in nine languages. Although perhaps best known for satirical social criticism leveled against post-war housing, automobiles and schools he also wrote biographies as well as history and two semi-autobiographical works His love of travel and of the old wooden boats that passed his riverfront home prompted two additional works .

During his career Keats received the Washington Guild Front Page Award for best human interest story, June 2, 1949, in the Washington Daily News; The Literary Achievement Award from the Georgia Writers Association for non fiction in 1958 for his book, Schools Without Scholars; The Sydney Hillman Foundation Award for the 1962 television documentary, "Conformity" appearing on WCAU-TV in Philadelphia; a Colonial Dames of America Citation in 1977 for his book, "Whatever Happened to Mom's Apple Pie?" and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 1961 to pursue his writing and research work for "They Fought Alone."

From 1974 until retiring in 1990, Keats taught magazine writing at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, in upper New York State. Proud of his ability at having earned a living as a writer, during lectures Keats was fond of echoing the famous lexicographer Samuel Johnson's dictum that "Only a blockhead writes for anything but money." He urged his students to aspire to obtain assignments from high profile, reputable publications and "not those that are commonly used to wrap fish."

Upon retirement, Mr. Keats resided part time in Italy; Savannah, Georgia; Washington, D.C., and Kingston, Ontario. He always maintained his summer home on the St. Lawrence River between Alexandria Bay, New York and Rockport, Ontario.

Books from John C. Keats

Of Time and an Island

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They Fought Alone

4.6/5 ( ratings)

The Insolent Chariots

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What, in Ten Words or Less, Is All This Nonsense About?: The General Rules of Writing Nonfiction

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