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Robert L. May


Born
in Arverne, NY, The United States
July 27, 1905

Died
August 11, 1976

Genre
Children's

Influences
Alfred Adler ...more


Robert Lewis May (1905–1976) was an American advertising copywriter who created Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer while working for Montgomery Ward in 1939, drawing on his own shy childhood and writing the story amid his first wife’s terminal illness; the poem became a massive commercial and cultural success, spawning millions of copies, song and film adaptations, sequels, merchandise, and an enduring Christmas legend. Educated at Dartmouth and influenced by Alfred Adler’s ideas on inferiority and self-assertion, May worked for several major department stores before and after the Depression, later regaining the copyright to Rudolph and briefly leaving—then returning to—Montgomery Ward as Rudolph’s popularity fluctuated. He wrote additional chi ...more

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Average rating: 4.32 · 40,332 ratings · 147 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
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4.32 avg rating — 42,252 ratings — published 1939 — 163 editions
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Rudolph Shines Again
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reind...
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Rudolph to the Rescue
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Benny the Bunny Liked Beans
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ルドルフ 赤い鼻のトナカイ
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