Trevor Noah nominated for Thurber humour prize

Trevor Noah is upholding a Daily Show tradition: He’s a nominee for the Thurber Prize for American Humor.

The Comedy Central host’s memoir, Born a Crime, was among three finalists, prize officials announced on Wednesday. The other nominees for the $5,000 (Dh18,365) honour are playwright-screenwriter Ken Pisani’s novel Amp’d and Aaron Thier’s time-travelling novel Mr. Eternity.

Previous winners include Noah’s Daily Show predecessor, Jon Stewart, Calvin Trillin and David Sedaris.

Because all three nominees this year are men, the winner will uphold another tradition: Only once since the award was established in 1997 has a woman received it. Julie Schumacher won in 2015 for Dear Committee Members.