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b. 1882
Best remembered for introducing many American readers to mah-jong in the 1920s, this early writer on the game blended practical rules with a sense of fascination about its history and appeal.
Lew Lysle Harr was an American writer born in 1882 who is chiefly associated with early English-language books on mah-jong, including Pung Chow; The Game of a Hundred Intelligences. Catalog records and public-domain listings connect his name with works that helped explain the game to Western audiences during its first big wave of popularity.
Outside his publishing work, memorial records describe him as a New York investment banker and credit him with helping introduce mah jong to the United States. That combination of business background and popular writing makes him an unusual figure: not a full-time literary celebrity, but someone who helped carry a cultural craze into print for a broad readership.
A reliable portrait image could not be confirmed from the sources I found, so no author photo is included here.