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John K. Winkler
John Kennedy Winkler (February 3, 1891 - July 31, 1958) was an American author and contributor to The New Yorker from 1926-1931.
He was born in Camden, South Carolina, in 1891, the son of Corneliu...view moreJohn Kennedy Winkler (February 3, 1891 - July 31, 1958) was an American author and contributor to The New Yorker from 1926-1931.
He was born in Camden, South Carolina, in 1891, the son of Cornelius Lawrence and Sarah Doby (Kennedy) Winkler. He attended school in South Carolina, as well as New York, where he joined the staff of the New York American in 1908. He served as war correspondent in Mexico in 1914. He left the New York American in 1925 to become a freelance magazine writer and biographer. He contributed numerous articles and fiction to publications such as Collier’s, Cosmopolitan, Liberty, Red Book and Saturday Evening Post. He began writing articles for The New Yorker in 1926 and published a number of biographies on famous individuals, including Andrew Carnegie, Woodrow Wilson, James Buchanan Duke, William Randolph Hearst, J. Pierpont Morgan, John D. Rockefeller and F. W. Woolworth.
Winkler was married to Marian Worthington Marsh and resided in Port Washington, New York, where he died in 1958 at the age of 67.view less
Books by John K. Winkler
Five and Ten: The Fabulous Life of F. W. Woolworth JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER: A Portrait in Oils Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Du Pont Dynasty Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings