Thurber Prize for American Humor

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Andere Namen: Thurber Prize for American Humor Finalist (Engels), Thurber Prize for American Humor Semi Finalist (Engels)
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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

toon meer 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:
Alle, Winner (21), Finalist (27), Semi-Finalist (1)
Categorieën:
Jaren:
Alle, 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

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

Semi-Finalist 1

WerkJaar
Happy Utopia Day, Joe McCarthy door J.T. Lundy2014

Finalist 27

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

Beschrijvingen

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, Ongeordend)
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, Door lid geschreven)
The Thurber Prize for American Humor, named after James Thurber, recognizes outstanding contributions in humor writing by American authors. (English, Door lid geschreven)

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