<P> `` The Secret Life of Walter Mitty '' ( 1939 ) is a short story by James Thurber . The most famous of Thurber 's stories , it first appeared in The New Yorker on March 18 , 1939 , and was first collected in his book My World and Welcome to It ( Harcourt , Brace and Company , 1942 ) . It has since been reprinted in James Thurber : Writings and Drawings ( The Library of America , 1996 , ISBN 1 - 883011 - 22 - 1 ) , is available on - line on the New Yorker website , and is one of the most anthologized short stories in American literature . The story is considered one of Thurber 's `` acknowledged masterpieces '' . It was made into a 1947 movie of the same name , with Danny Kaye in the title role , though the movie is very different from the original story . It was also adapted into a 2013 film , which is again very different from the original . </P>
<P> `` The Secret Life of Walter Mitty '' ( 1939 ) is a short story by James Thurber . The most famous of Thurber 's stories , it first appeared in The New Yorker on March 18 , 1939 , and was first collected in his book My World and Welcome to It ( Harcourt , Brace and Company , 1942 ) . It has since been reprinted in James Thurber : Writings and Drawings ( The Library of America , 1996 , ISBN 1 - 883011 - 22 - 1 ) , is available on - line on the New Yorker website , and is one of the most anthologized short stories in American literature . The story is considered one of Thurber 's `` acknowledged masterpieces '' . It was made into a 1947 movie of the same name , with Danny Kaye in the title role , though the movie is very different from the original story . It was also adapted into a 2013 film , which is again very different from the original . </P>
who is the author of the secret life of walter mitty
who is the author of the secret life of walter mitty
James Thurber
James Thurber