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Robert Wringham (born Robert Westwood on 28 November 1982) is a British humorist, best known as the editor of ''New Escapologist'' magazine.〔http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/authors/robert-wringham〕 His 2014 book, ''A Loose Egg'', was shortlisted for the 2015 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.〔http://www.cbc.ca/books/2015/04/2015-stephen-leacock-medal-for-humour-shortlist-revealed.html〕〔http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2015/04/30/terry-fallis-wins-2015-stephen-leacock-humour-award.html〕 ==Work== Wringham's comic persona is an arch and somewhat foppish urbanite, averse to hard work and suspicious of nature. He's described himself as a "repulsive hipster with an exaggerated sense of self-importance"〔http://wringham.co.uk/sneeze-conformity/〕 and as a "sarcastic, espresso-drinking Mod."〔http://newescapologist.co.uk/2014/04/10/im-not-an-employee-by-nature-nobody-is/〕 His short humor pieces and other essays often focus on incidents from his purportedly indolent life. In 2012, Go Faster Stripe published Wringham's first non-fiction book ''You Are Nothing'',〔http://www.gofasterstripe.com/cgi-bin/website.cgi?page=videofull&id=13960〕 a micro-history of Dadaesque〔http://www.chortle.co.uk/books/2012/05/29/15486/you_are_nothing_by_robert_wringham〕 comedy troupe Cluub Zarathustra, whose members included Stewart Lee, Simon Munnery, Kevin Eldon, Julian Barratt, Graham Linehan, Sally Phillips and Johnny Vegas.〔http://www.list.co.uk/article/42892-robert-wringham-you-are-nothing/〕〔http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/comedy/comedy-news/10947095/Cluub-Zarathustra-where-British-comedy-was-reborn.html〕 The book is written from Wringham's perspective, drawing on interviews he conducted with audience members and the cast as well as collected press cuttings and fanzine material from the 1990s. With Ian Macperson, Magi Gibson, Alan Bissett and Iain Heggie, Wringham was a founder member of "Discombobulate", a cabaret and spoken word night dedicated to comic literature.〔https://www.flickr.com/photos/81248884@N00/2313971245/〕 He was also the first guest performer at Stewart Laing's "The Salon Project" at Traverse Theatre.〔https://www.list.co.uk/article/37643-director-stewart-laing-on-the-salon-project/〕 Wringham writes for Joshua Glenn's pop culture website HiLobrow,〔http://hilobrow.com/author/rwringham/〕 and for the ''Idler'' magazine.〔http://idler.co.uk/article/how-to-quit-your-job/〕 2014 saw him writing short humor articles about the pleasures of convalescence〔http://www.playboy.com/playground/view/the-man-cold-humor-flu〕 and napping〔http://www.playboy.com/playground/view/how-to-nap-benefits〕 for ''Playboy''. In 2015, ''A Loose Egg'' was longlisted and finally shortlisted for the Leacock Medal.〔http://www.orilliapacket.com/2015/04/30/fallis-wins-leacock-medal-for-humour-for-second-time〕〔http://www.simcoe.com/news-story/5536157-leacock-humour-shortlist-unveiled-in-orillia/〕 He was also successful that year in crowdfunding his third book, ''Escape Everything!'' with publisher Unbound.〔http://unbound.co.uk/books/escape-everything/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Wringham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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