KEILLOR, GARRISON


Meaning of KEILLOR, GARRISON in English

born Aug. 7, 1942, Anoka, Minn., U.S.

U.S. radio entertainer and writer.

He began writing for The New Yorker in college and worked as a staff writer there until 1992. In 1974 he created and hosted the public-radio humour and variety show A Prairie Home Companion , about the fictional Minnesota town Lake Wobegon. He then created a new program, The American Radio Company (1987–91), but revived A Praire Home Companion in 1993. His books include Lake Wobegon Days (1985), Leaving Home (1987), The Sandy Bottom Orchestra (1996), and Me (1999).

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