Thurber Prize for American Humor

Given by Thurber House

Otros Nombres: Thurber Prize for American Humor Finalist (Inglés), Thurber Prize for American Humor Semi Finalist (Inglés)
49 Obras 77,112 Libros 2,142 Reseñas ½ 3.9
Awarded annually, the Thurber Prize for American Humor is one of the highest recognitions of humor writing in the United States. A panel of national judges selects three finalists from eight or mostrar más nine semi-finalists. Previously held in New York City, the Thurber Prize returned to its hometown roots—Columbus, Ohio—beginning in 2018. mostrar menos
Stages:
Todos, Winner (21), Finalist (27), Semi-Finalist (1)
Categorias:
Todos, Special Honor (1), No Category (48)
Years:
Todos, 2020 (1), 2019 (1), 2018 (1), 2017 (1), 2016 (1), 2015 (1), 2014 (2), 2013 (3), 2012 (3), 2011 (3), 2010 (3), 2009 (4), 2008 (3), 2007 (3), 2006 (3), 2005 (3), 2004 (3), 2001 (6), 1999 (1), 1997 (3)

Winner 21

ObraCategoríaAño
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays por Damon Young2020
Hits and Misses: Stories por Simon Rich2019
Priestdaddy: A Memoir por Patricia Lockwood2018
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood por Trevor Noah2017
The World's Largest Man: A Memoir por Harrison Scott Key2016
Dear Committee Members por Julie Schumacher2015
Truth in Advertising: A Novel por John Kenney2014
Dan Gets a Minivan: Life at the Intersection of Dude and Dad por Dan Zevin2013
Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff por Calvin Trillin2012
Half Empty por David Rakoff2011
How I Became a Famous Novelist por Steve Hely2010
Lamentations of the Father: Essays por Ian Frazier2009
I Love You, Beth Cooper por Larry Doyle2008
My Lucky Star por Joe Keenan2007
The Other Shulman: A Novel por Alan Zweibel2006
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction por Jon Stewart2005
No Way to Treat a First Lady por Christopher Buckley2004
Big Kiss: One Actor's Desperate Attempt to Claw His Way to the Top por Henry AlfordSpecial Honor2001
Mi vida en Rose por David Sedaris2001
Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source por The Onion1999
Coyote V. Acme por Ian Frazier1997

Semi-Finalist 1

ObraAño
Happy Utopia Day, Joe McCarthy por J.T. Lundy2014

Finalist 27

ObraAño
Hope: A Tragedy: A Novel por Shalom Auslander2013
Lunatics por Dave Barry2013
Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America por Leslie Knope2012
Starting from Happy: A Novel por Patricia Marx2012
Sleepwalk with Me: and Other Painfully True Stories por Mike Birbiglia2011
Sports from Hell: My Search for the World's Dumbest Competition por Rick Reilly2011
Why Is My Mother Getting a Tattoo?: And Other Questions I Wish I Never Had to Ask por Jancee Dunn2010
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home por Rhoda Janzen2010
I Was Told There'd Be Cake por Sloane Crosley2009
Wrack and Ruin por Don Lee2009
The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal por Laurie Notaro2009
Him Her Him Again The End of Him por Patricia Marx2008
Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations por Simon Rich2008
Walking in Circles Before Lying Down: A Novel por Merrill Markoe2007
I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This! por Bob Newhart2007
Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad por Kinky Friedman2006
Time Won't Let Me: A Novel por Bill Scheft2006
The Borowitz Report: The Big Book of Shockers por Andy Borowitz2005
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America por Firoozeh Dumas2005
Me and Orson Welles: A Novel por Robert Kaplow2004
The Day I Turned Uncool: Confessions of a Reluctant Grown-up por Dan Zevin2004
Trillionaire Next Door: The Greedy Investor's Guide to Day Trading por Andy Borowitz2001
En Las Antipodas por Bill Bryson2001
Men My Mother Dated and Other Mostly True Tales por Brett Leveridge2001
It Takes a Village Idiot : A Memoir of Life After the City por Jim Mullen2001
Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot por Al Franken1997
Naked por David Sedaris1997

Descripciones

Awarded annually, the Thurber Prize for American Humor is one of the highest recognitions of humor writing in the United States. A panel of national judges selects three finalists from eight or nine semi-finalists. Previously held in New York City, the Thurber Prize returned to its hometown roots—Columbus, Ohio—beginning in 2018.

(English, No clasificado)
URL: https://library.cscc.edu/cobaa/awards
The Thurber Prize for American Humor, named after American humorist James Thurber, recognizes outstanding contributions in humor writing by American authors. (English, Escritos por miembros)
The Thurber Prize for American Humor, named after James Thurber, recognizes outstanding contributions in humor writing by American authors. (English, Escritos por miembros)

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