Garrison keillor age
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Garrison Keillor: Growing Up and Growing Old in America. Finding a Cultural Bridge to the Past.
Document Type
Honors Thesis (Colby Access Only)
Department
Colby College. American Studies Program
Advisor(s)
Richard J. Moss
Abstract
Garrison Edward Keillor was born on August 7, 1942, in Anoka Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis, to John and Grace Keillor. The third of six children, he was brought up in a staunchly traditional family and was taught an oppressive Christian faith. Keillor is critical of his narrow upbringing but maintains that he grew up in a warm and loving family. This combination of critical analysis and loving understanding makes Keillor a unique phenomenon. He attributes his humor to his experience with narrow religious training which he had to come to terms with in order to be a humorist. Keillor, unlike many of his generation, does not reject his past and his humor is in the Minnepean satirical tradition rather than the harsh Juvenallian satirical tradition. This is both a tribute to Keillor and to his upbringing, for his childhood was sheltered
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Garrison Keillor, Creator and Host Emeritus
Garrison Keillor was born in 1942 in Anoka, Minnesota, and began his radio career as a freshman at the University of Minnesota, from which he graduated in 1966. He went to work for Minnesota Public Radio in 1969, and from July 6, 1974 through July 1, 2016, he created and hosted his popular variety show, A Prairie Home Companion, for some 3.5 million listeners on 700 public radio stations coast to coast and beyond. Keillor has been honored with Grammy, ACE, and George Foster Peabody awards, the National Humanities Medal, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His many books include Lake Wobegon Days, The Book of Guys, Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance, Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny, and The Keillor Reader (Viking). He is the host of the daily program The Writer’s Almanac and the editor of several anthologies of poetry, most recently, Good Poems: American Places (Viking). In 2006, Keillor played himself in the movie adaptation of his show, a film directed by Robert Altman. In 2007, he opened an inde
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Garrison Keillor
American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality
Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (; born August 7, 1942) is an American author, singer, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He created the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion (called Garrison Keillor's Radio Show in some international syndication), 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 Daysand 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.
In November 2017, Minnesota Public Radio cut all business ties with Keillor after an allegation of inappropriate behavior with
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