James grover thurber biography
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| Born: | December 8, Columbus, Ohio |
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| Died: | November 2, (age 66) |
| Occupation(s): | humorist |
| Nationality: | American |
| Writing period: | to |
| Literary genre: | short stories, cartoons, essays |
| Subject(s): | humor, language |
| Magnum opus: | My Life and Hard Times, My World - And Welcome to It |
James Grover Thurber (December 8, –November 2, ) was a st and cartoonist. He had begun his career as a journalist, but made his mark with prose writing. Hailed as the greatest contributor to American humor writing since Mark Twain, Thurber wrote hundreds of essays, and short stories, that often featured gender battles between dominant women and little men as in his The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and The Catbird Seat.
He was best known for his contributions (both cartoons and short stories) to The New Yorkermagazine, for which he was also a staff member from He chronicled his years with The New Yorker in an amusing nonfiction study of the magazine e
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James Thurber
American cartoonist, author, reporter, and playwright (–)
For the political forskare, see James A. Thurber.
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| Born | James Grover Thurber ()December 8, Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | November 2, () (aged&#;66) New York City, U.S. |
| Resting place | Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
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| Period | – |
| Genre | Short stories, cartoons, essays |
| Subject | Humor, language |
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| Spouse | Althea Adams &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;Helen Wismer &#; &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
| Children | 1 |
James Grover Thurber (December 8, – November 2, ) was an American cartoonist, writer, humorist, journalist, and playwright. He was best known for his cartoons and short stories, published mainly in The New Yorker and collected in his numerous books.
Thurber was one of the most popular humorists of his time and celebrat
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"Many of my books prove that I am never very far away from Ohio in my thoughts, and that the clocks that strike in my dreams are often the clocks of Columbus."
James Thurber, the son of a politican, was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. Before entering school, Thurber lost sight in one of his eyes while playing "William Tell" with his two brothers. Nonetheless, he had a normal childhood, attending local public schools until college, where he ventured no farther than The Ohio State University. Though he never graduated, Thurber got his first exposure to professional writing when he began reporting for Ohio State's newspaper and becomes the editor of its humor and literary magazine.
Though he could not enlist in World War I due to the blindness in his eye, Thurber contributed to the effort by taking jobs at the state department in Washington and then the American embassy in Paris. When the war ended he returned to Ohio and took a reporting and columnist's job at The Columbus Disp