Books May 25, 2011 at 4:19 pm

Gary Shteyngart Wins Wodehouse Prize

Paul Constant
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Snort. He may be an American now, BUT HE WAS BORN IN SOVIET RUSSIA!
TVDinner on May 25, 2011 at 4:33 PM Report this
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The only American ever to win a prize... established in 2000.

Try not to just blindly regurgitate the press release, Paul.
robotslave on May 25, 2011 at 4:48 PM Report this
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Shteyngart gave the funniest author reading ever at the Lake Forest Third Place back when Absurdistan was just out in hardcover. I've never seen a book reading crowd laugh like that before -- there were only about a dozen of them and they filled the store with sound.

He totally deserves this prize.
Alicia on May 25, 2011 at 5:26 PM Report this
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Canada has the Leacock Medal, the UK has the Bollinger Wodehouse Prize, does the US have an annual award for humorous literature?
on May 25, 2011 at 6:58 PM Report this
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@4 The Thurber.
what_now on May 26, 2011 at 9:49 AM Report this

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