She convinced Thurber to leave New York and move to Connecticut after they married. Thurber married Helen Wismer later that year. After several years of marital conflict, Thurber and Althea divorced in 1935. Thurber’s daughter Rosemary was born in 1931. After the book’s publication, Thurber’s cartoons were featured regularly in the New Yorker,and made the cover art six times! Thurber left the staff position at the New Yorkerin 1935, but continued to submit cartoons and stories. White and Thurber shared an office at the New Yorker, where they collaborated on their first book, Is Sex Necessary, featuring a number of Thurber cartoons. White ( Stuart Little, Charlotte’s Web) introduced him to Harold Ross, editor at the New Yorker, who hired Thurber soon after the party. The young couple moved to Paris in 1925 and Thurber started work on the Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune.Īfter stretching their francs as far as they could, the Thurbers moved to New York in 1926 and Thurber began his career as a freelance writer while working for the New York Evening Post. Thurber spent his evenings working on skits for the Strollers and Scarlet Mask theatre groups at Ohio State–where he met his first wife, Althea Adams.
He returned to Columbus in 1920 and started working at the Columbus Dispatch as a reporter. Due to his eye injury, Thurber was not able to complete a compulsory ROTC course so OSU would not let him graduate, although they did give him an honorary degree later.Īfter college Thurber went to Paris, France to work for the American Embassy. It was at this time that the Thurbers rented the house at 77 Jefferson Avenue, which became Thurber House in 1984. Ultimately, he would go blind in both eyes, but that never stopped him from writing or drawing.įrom 1913-1917, Thurber attended the Ohio State University where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. One day while playing "William Tell" with them as youngsters, Thurber lost the sight in one eye when an arrow pierced it. Thurber had two brothers, William and Robert. Thurber's father was a civil clerk, and his mother, Mame, was an eccentric woman who would influence many of her son's stories. One of the foremost American humorists of the 20th century, his inimitable wit and pithy prose spanned a breadth of genres, including short stories, modern commentary, fiction, children's fantasy and letters. James Thurber, author of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and the creator of numerous New Yorker magazine cover cartoons, was born in Columbus, Ohio on December 8, 1894.
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