# James Thurber

| James Thurber |
| --- |
|  |
| Biografske informacije |
| Rođenje | (1894-decembra-08)8. decembra 1894. Columbus |
| Smrt | 2. novembra 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
 |

**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*.

## 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 Grover Thurber Quotes
* 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 Arhivirano 2021-12-24 na Wayback Machine-u

## Reference

* [1] Arhivirano 2006-08-19 na Wayback Machine-u Authors' Calendar
* [2] Arhivirano 2007-10-12 na Wayback Machine-u Thurber house