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James Grover Thurber (* 8. Dezember 1894 in Columbus, Ohio; † 2. November 1961 in New York) war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Zeichner, der vor allem durch seine Kurzgeschichten und Fabeln bekannt wurde, die überwiegend in dem Magazin The New Yorker erstveröffentlicht wurden.
James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961) 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.
11. Apr. 2024 · James Thurber was an American writer and cartoonist, whose well-known and highly acclaimed writings and drawings picture the urban man as one who escapes into fantasy because he is befuddled and beset by a world that he neither created nor understands. Thurber attended the Ohio State University.
Some of James Thurber’s famous tales include “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” “The Night the Ghost Got In,” “The Dog That Bit People,” “The Night the Bed Fell,” “The Catbird Seat,” “The Day the Dam Broke,” and “The Unicorn in the Garden.”. Thurber’s drawings often feature dogs and family life.
James Thurber In the final year of his life, James Thurber’s behavior became erratic, partly from ongoing struggles with a thyroid condition. He was stricken with a blood clot in his brain in October 1961.
31. Aug. 2003 · Is the name of James Thurber, once a byword for humor, slowly slipping from the national consciousness? Only half a dozen years ago, the Library of America published a thousand-page volume of...
28. Aug. 2023 · Thurber invented the one-liner gag cartoon as we know it today. (It used to be more leaden and dialogic.) His simple line drawings—in contrast with painterly images more common to the times ...
