{"id":225,"date":"2015-07-09T17:43:20","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T17:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/americanlit2x22x1\/?post_type=chapter&p=225"},"modified":"2015-07-09T17:43:20","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T17:43:20","slug":"biography-james-thurber","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-americanlit2\/chapter\/biography-james-thurber\/","title":{"raw":"Biography: James Thurber","rendered":"Biography: James Thurber"},"content":{"raw":"James Grover Thurber<\/b> (December 8, 1894 \u2013 November 2, 1961) was an American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright, and celebrated\u00a0wit. Thurber was best known for his cartoons and short stories, published mainly in The New Yorker<\/i> magazine and collected in his numerous books. One of the most popular humorists of his time, Thurber celebrated the comic frustrations and eccentricities of ordinary people.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
James Thurber<\/span><\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
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James Thurber in 1954<\/div><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Born<\/th>\r\nJames Grover Thurber\r\nDecember 8, 1894\r\nColumbus, Ohio, U.S.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Died<\/th>\r\nNovember 2, 1961 (aged\u00a066)\r\nNew York, New York, U.S.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Resting place<\/th>\r\nGreen Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Occupation<\/th>\r\nHumorist<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Nationality<\/th>\r\nAmerican<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Period<\/th>\r\n1929\u20131961<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Genre<\/th>\r\nshort stories, cartoons, essays<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Subject<\/th>\r\nhumor, language<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Notable works<\/th>\r\nMy Life and Hard Times<\/i>,\r\nMy World and Welcome to It<\/i><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

Career<\/h2>\r\nUniquely among major American literary figures, he became equally well known for his simple, surrealistic drawings and cartoons. Both his skills were helped along by the support of, and collaboration with, fellow New Yorker<\/i> staff member E. B. White, who insisted that Thurber's sketches could stand on their own as artistic expressions. Thurber drew six covers and numerous classic illustrations for The New Yorker<\/i>.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nView James Thurber\u2019s\u00a0full biography on Wikipedia.<\/a>","rendered":"

James Grover Thurber<\/b> (December 8, 1894 \u2013 November 2, 1961) was an American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright, and celebrated\u00a0wit. Thurber was best known for his cartoons and short stories, published mainly in The New Yorker<\/i> magazine and collected in his numerous books. One of the most popular humorists of his time, Thurber celebrated the comic frustrations and eccentricities of ordinary people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
James Thurber<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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James Thurber in 1954<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Born<\/th>\nJames Grover Thurber
\nDecember 8, 1894
\nColumbus, Ohio, U.S.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Died<\/th>\nNovember 2, 1961 (aged\u00a066)
\nNew York, New York, U.S.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Resting place<\/th>\nGreen Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Occupation<\/th>\nHumorist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nationality<\/th>\nAmerican<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Period<\/th>\n1929\u20131961<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Genre<\/th>\nshort stories, cartoons, essays<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Subject<\/th>\nhumor, language<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Notable works<\/th>\nMy Life and Hard Times<\/i>,
\nMy World and Welcome to It<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Uniquely among major American literary figures, he became equally well known for his simple, surrealistic drawings and cartoons. Both his skills were helped along by the support of, and collaboration with, fellow New Yorker<\/i> staff member E. B. White, who insisted that Thurber’s sketches could stand on their own as artistic expressions. Thurber drew six covers and numerous classic illustrations for The New Yorker<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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