Thurber Prize for American Humor

Given by Thurber House

Autres noms: Thurber Prize for American Humor Finalist (Anglais), Thurber Prize for American Humor Semi Finalist (Anglais)
49 oeuvres 77,112 Livres 2,142 critiques 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 nine

afficher plus semi-finalists. Previously held in New York City, the Thurber Prize returned to its hometown roots—Columbus, Ohio—beginning in 2018.
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Stages:
Tous, Winner (21), Finalist (27), Semi-Finalist (1)
Catégories:
Années:
Tous, 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

ŒuvreCatégorieAnnée
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays par Damon Young2020
Hits and Misses: Stories par Simon Rich2019
Priestdaddy: A Memoir par Patricia Lockwood2018
Trop noir, trop blanc par Trevor Noah2017
The World's Largest Man: A Memoir par Harrison Scott Key2016
Dear Committee Members par Julie Schumacher2015
Truth in Advertising: A Novel par John Kenney2014
Dan Gets a Minivan: Life at the Intersection of Dude and Dad par Dan Zevin2013
Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff par Calvin Trillin2012
Half Empty par David Rakoff2011
Comment je suis devenu un écrivain célèbre par Steve Hely2010
Lamentations of the Father: Essays par Ian Frazier2009
I Love You, Beth Cooper par Larry Doyle2008
My Lucky Star par Joe Keenan2007
The Other Shulman: A Novel par Alan Zweibel2006
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction par Jon Stewart2005
Circonstances exténuantes par Christopher Buckley2004
Big Kiss: One Actor's Desperate Attempt to Claw His Way to the Top par Henry AlfordSpecial Honor2001
Je parler français par David Sedaris2001
Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source par The Onion1999
Coyote V. Acme par Ian Frazier1997

Semi-Finalist 1

ŒuvreAnnée
Happy Utopia Day, Joe McCarthy par J.T. Lundy2014

Finalist 27

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

Descriptions

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.

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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, Member-written)
The Thurber Prize for American Humor, named after James Thurber, recognizes outstanding contributions in humor writing by American authors. (English, Member-written)

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