The Thurber Prize for American Humor, named after American humorist James Thurber, recognizes outstanding contributions in humor writing. The prize is...
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Alan Zweibel (category 20th-century American comedians)
books include The Other Shulman: A Novel, which won the 2006 Thurber Prize for American Humor; and Lunatics with Dave Barry.[citation needed] Zweibel was...
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President Lincoln. David Sedaris - Thurber Prize for American Humor.[5] Debbie Reynolds - Lifetime Achievement from the American Comedy Awards[6] Denis Leary...
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David Sedaris (category 20th-century American comedians)
2000 collection Me Talk Pretty One Day won the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Much of Sedaris's humor is autobiographical and self-deprecating and often...
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Calvin Trillin (category 20th-century American novelists)
1935) is an American journalist, humorist, food writer, poet, memoirist and novelist. He is a winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor (2012) and...
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Mike Birbiglia (category Use American English from March 2017)
Stories was a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the 2011 Thurber Prize for American Humor. Birbiglia has appeared in films such as Your Sister's...
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Priestdaddy (category American memoirs)
by American poet Patricia Lockwood. It was named one of the 10 best books of 2017 by The New York Times and was awarded the 2018 Thurber Prize for American...
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Patricia Lockwood (category Use American English from May 2024)
Priestdaddy won the Thurber Prize for American Humor and her 2021 debut novel, No One Is Talking About This, won the Dylan Thomas Prize. In addition to her...
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Our Dumb Century (redirect from Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source)
Maria Schneider and John Krewson. It was awarded the 1999 Thurber Prize for American Humor. The book, spun off from The Onion weekly-newspaper format...
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Elaine Hsieh Chou (category Use American English from February 2024)
NPR Best Book of 2022. Chou was shortlisted afterwards for the Thurber Prize for American Humor and Young Lions Fiction Award. She is the recipient of...
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Simon Rich (category 21st-century American Jews)
short humor pieces entitled Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations was published in 2007 and was nominated for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. His...
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John Hodgman (category 21st-century American male actors)
published on October 24, 2017. Vacationland was a finalist for the 2018 Thurber Prize for American Humor. His most recent book, Medallion Status, was released...
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Disorientation (novel) (category Use American English from September 2024)
Chou was nominated for the Young Lions Fiction Award for the novel, and it was shortlisted for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. On September 27, 2022...
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Steve Hely (category American television writers)
Became a Famous Novelist. Hely subsequently won the 2010 Thurber Prize for American Humor for the novel. In 2016 he published The Wonder Trail, about a...
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This list of comedy and humor awards provides an index to articles on notable awards for comedy and humor, including writing and performance. The list...
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Julie Schumacher (category American women novelists)
Committee Members, for which she was awarded the Thurber Prize for American Humor. She was the first woman to win the Thurber Prize. In 2014, Kirkus Reviews...
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Ian Frazier (category 20th-century American male writers)
Whiting Award 1997: Thurber Prize for American Humor, for essay collection Coyote vs. Acme 2009: Thurber Prize for American Humor, for essay collection Lamentations...
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Rhoda Janzen (category 21st-century American poets)
an American poet, academic and memoirist, best known for her memoir Mennonite in a Little Black Dress which was a finalist for a Thurber Prize for American...
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Annabelle Gurwitch (category American film actresses)
Times bestseller and Thurber Prize for American Humor Writing finalist. The year Gurwitch was a finalist for the Thurber Prize marked the first time...
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in 1997, the annual Thurber Prize honors outstanding examples of American humor. In 2008, the Library of America selected Thurber's story, "A Sort of Genius"...
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Nate DiMeo (category American history podcasters)
book's cover) of Pawnee: the Greatest Town in America and a finalist for the 2012 Thurber Prize for American Humor. After spending a decade on public radio...
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Larry Doyle (writer) (category American television writers)
Doyle's alma mater. This novel won the 2008 Thurber prize for American Humor. Doyle wrote the screenplay for the film based on his novel, which was released...
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written by show writer Nate DiMeo. In 2012, it was nominated for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Pawnee is said to be the seventh-largest municipality...
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Bill Scheft (category 21st-century American novelists)
finalist for the 2006 Thurber Prize for American Humor. Both The Ringer and Everything Hurts have been optioned for film. Scheft has also contributed humor essays...
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Elinor Lipman (category 20th-century American novelists)
award for writing, to honor a book by a Lowell-based writer. Her 2023 novel Ms. Demeanor was a finalist for the 23rd Thurber Prize for American Humor. Lipman...
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David Rakoff (redirect from Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems)
explore LGBT lives), both times in the "Humor" category. Half-Empty (2010) won the 2011 Thurber Prize for American Humor. Fraud includes essays that are largely...
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Sleepwalk with Me (category This American Life)
bestseller list in October 2010 and was a finalist for the 2011 Thurber Prize for American Humor. The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival...
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My Lucky Star (novel) (category 2006 American novels)
Lucky Star won the Lambda Literary Award for humor in 2006. It won the prestigious Thurber Prize for American Humor in October 2007. Gilbert Selwyn's mother...
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Sloane Crosley (category American women novelists)
The New York Times Best Seller list. It was a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor, one of Amazon's best books of the year, and optioned by...
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Bruce Ducker (category 20th-century American novelists)
Dizzying Heights from Fulcrum, which was nominated for the James Thurber Prize for American Humor; and The Home Pool: Stories of Fly Fishing and Lesser Passions...
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