Garrison Keillor

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author columnist human humorist radio host storyteller

Garrison Keillor is an American author, storyteller, and radio host best known for creating and hosting the long-running public radio variety show "A Prairie Home Companion."

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Gary Edward Keillor 1
Keillor 1

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instanceOf author ⓘ
columnist ⓘ
human ⓘ
humorist ⓘ
radio host ⓘ
storyteller ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1960s ⓘ
birthName Garrison Keillor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gary Edward Keillor
catchphrase It’s been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon ⓘ
child Mason Keillor ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
creatorOf A Prairie Home Companion ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1942-08-07 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Minnesota ⓘ
employer American Public Media ⓘ
Minnesota Public Radio ⓘ
National Public Radio ⓘ
familyName Garrison Keillor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Keillor
fictionalUniverseCreated Lake Wobegon ⓘ
fieldOfWork literature ⓘ
radio broadcasting ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
genre fiction ⓘ
humor ⓘ
radio variety show ⓘ
givenName Gary ⓘ
hasReceivedAward National Humanities Medal ⓘ
Peabody Award ⓘ
hostOf A Prairie Home Companion ⓘ
knownFor stories set in the fictional town of Lake Wobegon ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
notableWork A Prairie Home Companion ⓘ
Guy Noir, Private Eye ⓘ
Lake Wobegon Days ⓘ
Leaving Home ⓘ
Pontoon ⓘ
WLT: A Radio Romance ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
humorist ⓘ
radio host ⓘ
storyteller ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Anoka, Minnesota ⓘ
surface form: Anoka, Minnesota, United States
pseudonym Garrison Keillor ⓘ
religiousBackground Lutheran ⓘ
residence Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Jenny Lind Nilsson ⓘ

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Garrison Keillor → birthName → Garrison Keillor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gary Edward Keillor
Garrison Keillor → familyName → Garrison Keillor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Keillor
University of Minnesota → hasNotableAlumnus → Garrison Keillor ⓘ
Garrison Keillor → pseudonym → Garrison Keillor ⓘ