Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor (actually Gary Edward Keillor, born August 7, 1942 in Anoka, Minnesota ) is an American writer and radio host.

Life

Keillor is the son of John Philip Keillor, a carpenter and postal worker, and of Ruth Grace Keillor, born Denham. The family is of Scottish origin and belonged to the Plymouth Brethren to, a fundamentalist Protestant sect. Keillor studied English at the University of Minnesota in 1966 and earned a bachelor's degree. As a student, he began his radio career at a student station. Keillor has been married for the third time and has two children. He is a member of the Democratic - Farmer-Labor Party

Keillor is particularly known for his stories about the fictional town Lake Wobegon, where he takes everyday life in the provincial Midwest in a loving way on the grain. Keillor, it states since 1974 in his radio show A Prairie Home Companion, which airs every Saturday on the stations of National Public Radio and reaches up to five million listeners. His stories from Lake Wobegon have also been published in several volumes in book form.

In the year 2006, based on Keillor's radio show of the same name, the film is Robert Altman 's Last Radio Show in which in the theoretical, the thirty-year anniversary broadcast and simultaneous farewell performance is shown the popular radio show. In addition to Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones and Kevin Kline occurring, Keillor played it yourself

Lake Wobegon

The fictional village of Lake Wobegon, where " all the women strong, all the men good-looking, and all the children above average" are located in the equally fictional crap County (fog circle) in Minnesota. It was, according to Keillor founded in the 19th century by a Unitarian clergyman, who had received from the Lord God the inspiration to convert the Indians with the help of expressive dance to Christianity. The place was called at the beginning still " New Albion ," the Indian name of the lake was later adopted, which according to Keillor means " We sat all day in the rain, waiting for you." However, In English, the name calls forth another association: woebegone means " pitiful ".

Today, Lake Wobegon has about 800 inhabitants, mostly descendants of Norwegian immigrants. Moment " times: For example, the landmark of the village is the" statue of the Unknown Norwegian ", whose expression seems to say, according to Keillor. . I think I 've forgotten something, " Other aspects of the local culture are preferred mocking objects Keillor - whether the strict religiosity of some villagers, divided between the Lutheran and the Roman Catholic Church (the latter community is called" Our Lady the everlasting responsibility "and was founded by a group of German immigrants), or the local cuisine, which almost entirely of variations of lutefisk ( dried cod ), as well as" an ovenproof casserole ) is hot dish " (. The motto of the church is Sumus Quod Sumus ( " We are what we are" ).

Lake Wobegon Effect

Keillor's description, after all the children are above average in Lake Wobegon, was eponymous for the Lake Wobegon effect, which refers to the fact in psychology that the majority of people holding his own abilities for above average, for example, as a manager, as a car driver and preventive health care. It is a self-esteem relevant distortion.

Works

  • Lake Wobegon. Goldmann, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-442-42234-5
  • Let's get out! . Goldmann, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-442-42764-9
  • Radio Romance. Goldmann, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-442-41437-7
  • Katz please, come home. Hanser, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-446-18532-1
  • The book of guys. Goldmann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-442-44065-3
  • It could be worse. Zsolnay, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-552-05204-6
  • The last home game. Zsolnay, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-552-05279-8
  • Summer pieces. dtv, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-423-70775-5
  • It could be worse. Zsolnay, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-552-05279-8
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