(1929–94), English playwright; full name John James Osborne. His first play, Look Back in Anger (1956), ushered in a new era of kitchen-sink drama; its hero Jimmy Porter personified contemporary disillusioned youth, the so-called ‘angry young man’.
Definition of Osborne, John in US English:
Osborne, John
proper nounˈäzˌbôrn
(1929–94), English playwright; full name John James Osborne. His first play, Look Back in Anger (1956), ushered in a new era of kitchen-sink drama. Its hero, Jimmy Porter, personified contemporary disillusioned youth, the so-called angry young man.