caption resting_place death_date death_place birth_place subject nationality notableworks birth_date period genre image article_title birth_name occupation
james thurber in 1954 green lawn cemetery , columbus , ohio , u.s. 2 november 1961 new york , new york , u.s. columbus , ohio , u.s. humor , language american '' my world and welcome to it '' my life and hard times '' , '' 8 december 1894 1929 -- 1961 short stories , cartoons , essays james thurber nywts.jpg james thurber
 james grover thurber humorist
james thurber

james grover thurber -lrb- december 8 , 1894 -- november 2 , 1961 -rrb- was an american cartoonist , author , journalist , playwright , and celebrated wit .
thurber was best known for his cartoons and short stories , published mainly in `` the new yorker '' 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 .
in collaboration with his college friend , elliott nugent , he wrote the broadway comedy , `` the male animal '' , later adapted into a film , which starred henry fonda and olivia de havilland .
