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Bio

(1894-1961) Novelist. James Thurber lived on Horatio Street near 9th Avenue and 13th Street. He frequented the Algonquin Hotel. In 1994 the United States Postal Service issued its eleventh stamp in the Literary Arts series in honor of James Thurber.

Full Name

James Thurber

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1894

BIRTH

James Grove Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1894.

1926

RESIDENCE

Thurber moved to New York City in 1926, and lived in Manhattan, New York, in a hotel at times.

1929

LITWORK

Is Sex Necessary?


Written with E. B. White.

1932

LITWORK

The Seal In The Bedroom

1933

LITWORK

My Life and Hard Times

1935

LITWORK

The Middle-Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze


Collection of short stories.

1937

LITWORK

Let Your Mind Alone!

1939

LITWORK

The Last Flower

1940

LITWORK

The Male Animal


Play written with Elliot Nugent.

1945

LITWORK

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1945

LITWORK

"The Thurber Carnival"

1945

LITWORK

The Thurber Carnival


Collection of short fiction.

1950

LITWORK

The Thirteen Clocks


Children's book.

1953

LITWORK

Thurber Country

1959

LITWORK

The Years With Ross

1961

DEATH

James Thurber died in New York, New York, in 1961.

1961

INTERMENT

James Thurber was interred at Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.

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