Trevor Noah Wins Thurber Prize for American Humor

Thurber House has named Trevor Noah the winner of the 2017 Thurber Prize for American Humor for his memoir, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Spiegel & Grau). The annual award was presented on the evening of October 2 at Carolines on Broadway, and honors the best book of humor writing published in 2016. The host for the evening was John Kenney, the 2014 Thurber Prize for American Humor winner for his book, Truth in Advertising. Born a Crime is Noah’s first book. Noah is the host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central, a position he has held since September 2015.

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