James Thurber

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.

James Thurber
Biografske informacije
Rođenje	(1894-12-08)8. 12. 1894. Columbus
Smrt	2. 11. 1961. (dob: 66)
Nacionalnost	Amerikanac
Obrazovanje
Zanimanje	humorist
Opus
1929 do 1961
Književne vrste	novele, karikature, eseji
Teme	humor, jetzik
Znamenita djela
My Life and Hard Times, My World - And Welcome to It
Inspiracija
Na Bob Newhart, Charles Bukowski

Knjige

• 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)

Vanjske veze

James Thurber na Wikimedijinoj ostavi

• James Grover Thurber Quotes^{[mrtav link]}
• The Paris Review Interview
• Thurber at The Thurber House website Arhivirano 2007-10-12 na Wayback Machine-u
• Thurber's World (and Welcome To it)
• PATHFINDER: JAMES GROVER THURBER - collects many Thurber links
• Thurber Chan Arhivirano 2007-10-18 na Wayback Machine-u, A comprehensive Thurber image board spawned by George Mason High School students
• The last flower - ballet after James Thurber

Reference

• Arhivirano 2006-08-19 na Wayback Machine-u Authors' Calendar
• Arhivirano 2007-10-12 na Wayback Machine-u Thurber house