Garrison Keillor

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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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Predicate Object
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