James Grover Thurber (8.12., 1894–2.11. 1961.) bio je američki humorist i karikaturist. Thurber je bio najpoznatiji po svom radu - i kao karikaturist i kao pisac novela - za časopis The New Yorker.
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Rođenje | (1894-12-08)8. 12. 1894. Columbus |
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Smrt | 2. 11. 1961. (dob: 66) |
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Nacionalnost | Amerikanac |
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Zanimanje | humorist |
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Književne vrste | novele, karikature, eseji |
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Teme | humor, jetzik |
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My Life and Hard Times, My World - And Welcome to It |
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Zatvori
- Is Sex Necessary? or, Why You Feel The Way You Do (parodija na priučnike seksualne psihologije, koator E. B. White), 1929, izdanje na 75. obljetnicu (2004) s predgovorkm Johna Updikea, ISBN 0-06-073314-4
- The Owl in the Attic and Other Perplexities, 1931
- The Seal in the Bedroom and Other Predicaments, 1932
- My Life and Hard Times, 1933 ISBN 0-06-093308-9
- The Middle-Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze, 1935
- Let Your Mind Alone! and Other More Or Less Inspirational Pieces, 1937
- The Last Flower, 1939
- The Male Animal (kazališni komad), 1939 (ko-autor Elliot Nugent)
- Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated, 1940 ISBN 0-06-090999-4
- My World--and Welcome To It, 1942 ISBN 0-15-662344-7
- Many Moons, (dječja) 1943
- Men, Women, and Dogs, 1943
- The Great Quillow, (dječja) 1944
- The Thurber Carnival (antologija), 1945, ISBN 0-06-093287-2
- The White Deer, (dječja) 1945
- The Beast in Me and Other Animals, 1948 ISBN 0-15-610850-X
- The 13 Clocks, (dječja) 1950
- The Thurber Album, 1952
- Thurber Country, 1953
- Thurber's Dogs, 1955
- Further Fables For Our Time, 1956
- The Wonderful O, (dječja) 1957
- Alarms and Diversions (antologija), 1957
- The Years With Ross, 1959 ISBN 0-06-095971-1
- A Thurber Carnival (kazališni komad), 1960
- Lanterns and Lances, 1961
Posthumne zbirke:
- Credos and Curios, 1962
- Thurber & Company, 1966 (ur. Helen W. Thurber)
- Selected Letters of James Thurber, 1981 (ur. Helen W. Thurber & Edward Weeks)
- Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor and Himself, 1989 (ur. Michael J. Rosen)
- Thurber On Crime, 1991 (ur. Robert Lopresti)
- People Have More Fun Than Anybody: A Centennial Celebration of Drawings and Writings by James Thurber, 1994 (ur. Michael J. Rosen)
- James Thurber: Writings and Drawings, 1996, (ur. Garrison Keillor), Library of America, ISBN 978-1-883011-22-2
- The Dog Department: James Thurber on Hounds, Scotties, and Talking Poodles, 2001 (ur. Michael J. Rosen)
- The Thurber Letters, 2002 (ur. Harrison Kinney i Rosemary A. Thurber)