Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor

(1942) humorist United States

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[Wikidata] American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality... | [Wikipedia] Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor is an American author, singer, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He created the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion, which he hosted from 1974 to 2016. Keillor created the fictional Minnesota town Lake Wobegon, the setting of many of

About Garrison Keillor

Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor is an American author, singer, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He created the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion, which he hosted from 1974 to 2016. Keillor created the fictional Minnesota town Lake Wobegon, the setting of many of his books, including Lake Wobegon Days and Leaving Home: A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories. Other creations include Guy Noir, a detective voiced by Keillor who appeared in A Prairie Home Companion comic skits. Keillor is also the creator of the five-minute daily radio/podcast program The Writer's Almanac, which pairs poems of his choice with a script about important literary, historical, and scientific events that coincided with that date in history.

Notable works:

Lake Wobegon Days (lake wobegon days)

Awards:

National Humanities Medal|Edward R. Murrow Award|Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording|Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors

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