Douglass Wallop

John Douglass Wallop III (March 8, 1920 – April 1, 1985) was an American novelist and playwright.

John Douglass Wallop III was born on March 8, 1920, in Washington, D.C., to Marjorie (née Ellis) and John Douglass Wallop Jr. His father was an insurance agent.^[1] He attended the University of Notre Dame and graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1942.^[1] He served as editor of "The Old Line", a student-run literary and humor magazine.

During World War II, Wallop worked for United Press in Washington, D.C.^[1] He was skilled in stenography and shorthand. In 1948, he worked as a secretary for Dwight D. Eisenhower while Eisenhower wrote Crusade in Europe.^[1] He moved to New York City and worked for the Associated Press.^[1]

His first novel, 1953's Night Light,^[1] concerns a father's search into the background of his child's murderer. Anne Brooks of the New York Herald Tribune Book Review said he "created characters who are both real and colorful, and he has delved into a maniac's mind with considerable understanding." R.G. Peck wrote an article for the Chicago Sunday Tribune and said it was the "first novel that's well constructed, carefully written, and free of painful mannerisms." Al Hine of the Saturday Review said it's a "novel that is moving and tautly interesting from the first page to last. Mr. Wallop writes fluently and without affectation, even when he is exploring the subcellars of bop."

He authored 14 works, including The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant (1954),^[1] which was adapted by Wallop and George Abbott into the Tony Award-winning musical Damn Yankees.

• 1956 Tony AwardDamn Yankees
• Book of the Month Club
  • The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant
  • The Good Life
• Reader's Digest Condensed Books
  • The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant
  • So This Is What Happened to Charlie Moe

في السادس من يناير عام ١٩٤٩، تزوج والوب من الكاتبة والممثلة لوسيل فليتشر . ^{[ ١ ]} ورُزق بابنتين، دوروثي لويز وويندي إليزابيث. ^{[ ١ ]} شملت اهتمامات والوب الشطرنج والإبحار والموسيقى والنجارة. عاش في أرلينغتون، فيرجينيا ، لفترة من الزمن. وفي عام ١٩٦٣، انتقل إلى أكسفورد. ^{[ ١ ]}

توفي والوب في 2 أبريل 1985، عن عمر يناهز 65 عامًا، في مستشفى في واشنطن العاصمة ^{[ 1 ]}

• مقال في صحيفة واشنطن بوست عن والوب ودام يانكيز
• دوغلاس والوب في مكتبة الكونغرس