David Sedaris (born December 26, 1956) is a Grammy Award-nominated Greek-American humorist, writer, comedian, bestselling author, and radio contributor. Sedaris was first publicly recognized in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay "SantaLand Diaries". He published his first collection of essays and short stories, Barrel Fever, in 1994.

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  • David Sedaris (born December 26, 1956) is a Grammy Award-nominated Greek-American humorist, writer, comedian, bestselling author, and radio contributor. Sedaris was first publicly recognized in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay "SantaLand Diaries". He published his first collection of essays and short stories, Barrel Fever, in 1994. Each of his five subsequent essay collections, Naked (1997), Holidays on Ice (1997), Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000), Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004), and When You Are Engulfed in Flames (2008), have become New York Times Best Sellers. As of 2008, his books have collectively sold seven million copies. Much of Sedaris's humor is autobiographical and self-deprecating, and often concerns his family life, his middle class upbringing in the suburbs of Raleigh, North Carolina, Greek heritage, various jobs, education, drug use, homosexuality, and his life in France with his boyfriend, Hugh Hamrick.
  • David Sedaris ist ein humoristischer US-amerikanischer Autor, Essayist und Radiomitarbeiter. Viel seines Witzes ist autobiographisch und bezieht sich auf seine große Familie, sein griechisches Erbe, seine verschiedenen Jobs, seine Erziehung und Beziehungen, Drogenmißbrauch, Homosexualität und sein Leben als Auswanderer in Frankreich mit seinem Partner Hugh.
  • David Sedaris on yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija ja radiotoimittaja. Sedarisin kirjat ovat yleensä kokoelmia humoristisista omaelämäkerrallisista tarinoista hänen perhe-elämästään, kreikkalaisesta sukutaustastaan, opiskeluajoistaan ja työelämästään. Sedaris valittiin vuonna 2001 Time-lehden vuoden humoristiksi ja hän on myös saanut yhdysvaltalaisen huumorin Thurber-palkinnon.
  • Nasce a Johnson City, la sua è una pittoresca e numerosa famiglia greca. Da piccolo ha problemi a pronunciare la "s" per questo viene mandato dal logopedista a fare delle terapie che racconta in maniera esilarante nei suoi libri, era un bambino con disordini ossessivo compulsivi ed anche questo si evince da tutti i suoi libri. Si iscrive alla Kent State University ma si diploma nel 1987 all'istituto d'arte di Chicago. Svolge lavori spesso umili, il più famoso è quello come Elfo di Babbo Natale che racconta nel suo "Holidays on ice". Comincia la sua carriera alla National Public Radio tramite la quale propone al pubblico un suo racconto: "I diari del paese di Babbo Natale". Si afferma come stella radiofonica ma nel 1994 pubblica il suo primo libro che lo impone al pubblico come umorista umano e feroce allo stesso tempo. Ora è un famoso ed irriverente scrittore, gay dichiarato e fidanzato, scappato da New York a causa del divieto di fumo in vigore negli Stati Uniti, e vive a Parigi "per poter fumare in santa pace" con il fidanzato Hugh. Si definisce un anti-proibizionista.
  • David Sedaris is een Amerikaanse auteur. Veel van zijn humor is autobiografisch en zelfspottend over zijn grote familie, Griekse afkomst, vele baantjes en zijn leven in Frankrijk met zijn partner Hugh Hamrick.
  • David Sedaris Grammy Ödülleri'ne atanmış Rum asıllı Amerikan mizahçı, yazar ve komedyen. 1992 yılında NPR'de yayınladığı SantaLand Diaries adlı deneme türü yazısıyla ün kazanmıştır. Yayımlanmış ilk öykü koleksiyonu 1994 yılında çıkmış Barrel Fever adlı kitabıdır. Ayrıca Naked (1997), Holidays on Ice (1997), Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000), Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004) gibi kitapları da vardır. Sedaris, New York Magazine tarafından "Playwright, author, radio star and retired elf" olarak tanımlanmıştır. New York'lu olarak bilinse de çocukluğunun ve ilk gençliğinin önemli bir bölümü Sivas- Gemerek'te geçmiştir. Şu an Fransa'da yaşamaktadır.
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  • Sedaris in 2008.
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  • David Sedaris (born December 26, 1956) is a Grammy Award-nominated Greek-American humorist, writer, comedian, bestselling author, and radio contributor. Sedaris was first publicly recognized in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay "SantaLand Diaries". He published his first collection of essays and short stories, Barrel Fever, in 1994.
  • David Sedaris ist ein humoristischer US-amerikanischer Autor, Essayist und Radiomitarbeiter. Viel seines Witzes ist autobiographisch und bezieht sich auf seine große Familie, sein griechisches Erbe, seine verschiedenen Jobs, seine Erziehung und Beziehungen, Drogenmißbrauch, Homosexualität und sein Leben als Auswanderer in Frankreich mit seinem Partner Hugh.
  • David Sedaris on yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija ja radiotoimittaja. Sedarisin kirjat ovat yleensä kokoelmia humoristisista omaelämäkerrallisista tarinoista hänen perhe-elämästään, kreikkalaisesta sukutaustastaan, opiskeluajoistaan ja työelämästään. Sedaris valittiin vuonna 2001 Time-lehden vuoden humoristiksi ja hän on myös saanut yhdysvaltalaisen huumorin Thurber-palkinnon.
  • Nasce a Johnson City, la sua è una pittoresca e numerosa famiglia greca. Da piccolo ha problemi a pronunciare la "s" per questo viene mandato dal logopedista a fare delle terapie che racconta in maniera esilarante nei suoi libri, era un bambino con disordini ossessivo compulsivi ed anche questo si evince da tutti i suoi libri. Si iscrive alla Kent State University ma si diploma nel 1987 all'istituto d'arte di Chicago.
  • David Sedaris is een Amerikaanse auteur. Veel van zijn humor is autobiografisch en zelfspottend over zijn grote familie, Griekse afkomst, vele baantjes en zijn leven in Frankrijk met zijn partner Hugh Hamrick.
  • David Sedaris Grammy Ödülleri'ne atanmış Rum asıllı Amerikan mizahçı, yazar ve komedyen. 1992 yılında NPR'de yayınladığı SantaLand Diaries adlı deneme türü yazısıyla ün kazanmıştır. Yayımlanmış ilk öykü koleksiyonu 1994 yılında çıkmış Barrel Fever adlı kitabıdır. Ayrıca Naked (1997), Holidays on Ice (1997), Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000), Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004) gibi kitapları da vardır.
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