Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor is an American radio personality and author.

On September 6, 2009, Keillor suffered a minor stroke and was admitted to the Mayo Clinic. By September 9, the Associated Press reported that Keillor was recovering and would be released later that week.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jDAXwxKuk31B_JHQQIYdft_t5TfgD9AJUNKO0

Garrison Keillor began his radio broadcasting career in 1969 as the morning drive-time personality at what would become Minnesota Public Radio. He resigned briefly in 1971, only to return after several months to launch A Prairie Home Companion. Except for a hiatus from 1987 - 1993, the show has run weekly since it debuted.

Keillor has been a successful essayist, columnist, journalist, and novelist for nearly as long as he's been a radio personality. He has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and Salon.com. He starred in and wrote the screenplay for Robert Altman's last film, A Prairie Home Companion.

• 1971 - present: A Prairie Home Companion
• 1985: Lake Wobegon Days
• 1989: We Are Still Married
• 1991: WLT: A Radio Romance
• 2006: A Prairie Home Companion

"It's been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my home town, out there on the edge of the prairie..."—Opening line of The News From Lake Wobegon monologues by Garrison KeillorA Prairie Home Companion: Prairie Home Companion official site

"That's the news from Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average."—Closing line of The News From Lake Wobegon monologues by Garrison KeillorA Prairie Home Companion: Official site

"“Be well, do good work, and keep in touch”—Closing line of The Writer's Almanac audio essays by Garrison KeillorThe Writer's Almanac: Official site

• August 7, 1942: Born in Anoka, Minnesota

• 1974-1987, 1989-Present: Writer and host of radio program A Prairie Home Companion

• 1985: Novel Lake Wobegon Days published

• 1995-Present: Host of short radio program The Writer's Almanac

• 2006: Opened Common Good Books bookstore in St. Paul, Minnesota

• (2006) A Prairie Home Companion: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes

• 2007: Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon published

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