Editing Ogden Nash (section)

==Legacy==
===Musical===
''Nash at Nine'', a [[Broadway musical]] that set some of Nash's poems as lyrics to music by [[Milton Rosenstock]], premiered at the [[Helen Hayes Theatre]] on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] on May 17, 1973, and closed on June 2, 1973, after five previews and 21 performances. Directed by [[Martin Charnin]], the show featured Steve Elmore, [[Bill Gerber]], [[E. G. Marshall]], Richie Schechtman, and [[Virginia Vestoff]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/production/nash-at-nine-helen-hayes-theatre-vault-0000004483|title=Nash at Nine (Broadway, Helen Hayes Theatre, 1973) |website=www.playbill.com|access-date=November 3, 2022}}</ref>

===Postage stamp===
The [[US Postal Service]] released a postage stamp featuring Ogden Nash and text from six of his poems on the centennial of his birth on August 19, 2002. The six poems are "The Turtle", "The Cow", "Crossing The Border", "The Kitten", "The Camel", and "Limerick One". The stamp is the 18th in the Literary Arts section.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2008/sr08_015.htm |publisher=U. S. Postal Service |title=Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Gets 'Stamp of Approval': Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Stamp to Be Issued at Her Cross Creek, FL, Home |date=February 21, 2008 |access-date=1 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219055017/http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2008/sr08_015.htm |archive-date=February 19, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Literary Arts: 1979–present |publisher=U. S. Postal Service |url=http://uspsstamps.com/stamps/series/literary-arts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630080846/http://uspsstamps.com/stamps/series/literary-arts |archive-date=June 30, 2014 |access-date=1 August 2014}}</ref> The [[first day of issue|first issue]] ceremony took place in Baltimore on August 19 at the home that he and his wife Frances shared with his parents on 4300 Rugby Road, where he did most of his writing.

===Biography===
A biography, ''Ogden Nash: the Life and Work of America's Laureate of Light Verse'', was written by [[Douglas M. Parker]] and published in 2005, with a paperback edition issued in 2007.<ref name="Parker/Nash">{{cite book |last1=Parker |first1=Douglas M. |title=Ogden Nash: The Life and Work of America's Laureate of Light Verse |date=2005 |publisher=Ivan R. Dee |isbn=978-1-56663-637-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="baltimoresun/2005-06-12-0250">{{cite news |title=Hard life of Billie Holiday; smart verse of Ogden Nash; kicking the war habit |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2005-06-12-0506120250-story.html|first=Carl |last=Schoettler |access-date=1 July 2023 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |date=2005-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622193617/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2005-06-12-0506120250-story.html |archive-date=22 June 2021}}</ref> Written with the cooperation of the Nash family, the book quotes extensively from Nash's personal correspondence as well as his poetry.