Quick Facts About James Thurber
- Born
- December 8, 1894
- Died
- November 2, 1961
- Nationality
- United States
- Profession
- Journalist
- Notable works
- Thurber Carnival
- Known for
- My World and Welcome to It, Is Sex Necessary? Or, Why You Feel the Way You Do, My Life and Hard Times, The Last Flower
About James Thurber
James Grover Thurber was an American cartoonist, writer, humorist, journalist and playwright born in Columbus, Ohio. He worked as a code clerk in Paris, reported for the Columbus Dispatch, and became a popular contributor to The New Yorker in 1927. He attended Ohio State University but left in 1918 without graduating, and he married his first wife, Althea Adams, in 1922.
