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satire Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of shaming ...

– humorous social criticism. They are grouped by era and listed by year of birth. Included is a list of modern satires. Under Contemporary, 1930-1960 P.J. O'Rourke Joe Queenan

Early satirical authors

Aesop Aesop ( or ; , ; c. 620–564 BCE) was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as ''Aesop's Fables''. Although his existence remains unclear and no writings by him survive, numerous tales cre ...

(c. 620–560 BCE,

Ancient Greece Ancient Greece ( el, Ἑλλάς, Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity ( AD 600), that comprised a loose collection of cult ...

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Aesop's Fables Aesop's Fables, or the Aesopica, is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Of diverse origins, the stories associated with his name have descended to ...

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Diogenes Diogenes ( ; grc, Διογένης, Diogénēs ), also known as Diogenes the Cynic (, ) or Diogenes of Sinope, was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism (philosophy). He was born in Sinope, an Ionian colony on the Black Sea ...

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Aristophanes Aristophanes (; grc, Ἀριστοφάνης, ; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme In Ancient Greece, a deme or ( grc, δῆμος, plural: demoi, δημοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Athens and other city-states ...

(c. 448–380 BCE, Ancient Greece) – ''

The Frogs ''The Frogs'' ( grc-gre, Βάτραχοι, Bátrakhoi, Frogs; la, Ranae, often abbreviated ''Ran.'' or ''Ra.'') is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed at the Lenaia, one of the Festivals of Dionysus in ...

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The Clouds ''The Clouds'' ( grc, Νεφέλαι ''Nephelai'') is a Greek comedy play written by the playwright Aristophanes. A lampooning of intellectual fashions in classical Athens, it was originally produced at the City Dionysia in 423BC and was not as ...

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Gaius Lucilius Gaius Lucilius (180, 168 or 148 BC – 103 BC) was the earliest Roman satirist, of whose writings only fragments remain. A Roman citizen of the equestrian class, he was born at Suessa Aurunca in Campania, and was a member of the Scipion ...

(c. 180–103 BCE,

Roman Republic The Roman Republic ( la, Res publica Romana ) was a form of government of Rome and the era of the classical Roman civilization when it was run through public representation of the Roman people. Beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kin ...

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Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his ' ...

(65–8 BCE, Roman Republic) – ''

Satires Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of shaming or ...

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Ovid Pūblius Ovidius Nāsō (; 20 March 43 BC – 17/18 AD), known in English as Ovid ( ), was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the th ...

(43 BCE – 17 CE, Roman Republic/

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterr ...

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Seneca the Younger Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger (; 65 AD), usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, dramatist, and, in one work, satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature. Seneca was born in ...

(c. 4 BCE – 65 CE,

Hispania Hispania ( la, Hispānia , ; nearly identically pronounced in Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, and Italian) was the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula and its provinces. Under the Roman Republic, Hispania was divided into two provinces: Hispania ...

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Apocolocyntosis The ''Apocolocyntosis (divi) Claudii'', literally ''The Pumpkinification of ''(''the Divine'')'' Claudius'', is a satire on the Roman emperor Claudius, which, according to Cassius Dio, was written by Seneca the Younger. A partly extant Menippean ...

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Persius Aulus Persius Flaccus (; 4 December 3424 November 62 AD) was a Ancient Rome, Roman poet and satirist of Etruscan civilization, Etruscan origin. In his works, poems and satires, he shows a Stoicism, Stoic wisdom and a strong criticism for what he ...

(34–62 CE, Roman Empire) *

Petronius Gaius Petronius Arbiter"Gaius Petronius Arbiter"
Satyricon The ''Satyricon'', ''Satyricon'' ''liber'' (''The Book of Satyrlike Adventures''), or ''Satyrica'', is a Latin work of fiction believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius, though the manuscript tradition identifies the author as Titus Petro ...

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Juvenal Decimus Junius Juvenalis (), known in English as Juvenal ( ), was a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century CE. He is the author of the collection of satirical poems known as the ''Satires''. The details of Juvenal's life ...

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Lucian Lucian of Samosata, '; la, Lucianus Samosatensis ( 125 – after 180) was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer Pamphleteer is a historical term for someone who creates or distributes pamphlets, unbound (and therefore ...

(c. 120–180 CE, Roman Empire) *

Apuleius Apuleius (; also called Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis; c. 124 – after 170) was a Numidian Latin-language prose writer, Platonist philosopher and rhetorician. He lived in the Roman province of Numidia, in the Berber city of Madauros, modern-day ...

(c. 123–180 CE, Roman Empire) – ''

The Golden Ass The ''Metamorphoses'' of Apuleius, which Augustine of Hippo referred to as ''The Golden Ass'' (''Asinus aureus''), is the only ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety. The protagonist of the novel is Lucius. At the end of the no ...

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One Thousand and One Nights ''One Thousand and One Nights'' ( ar, أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ, italic=yes, ) is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the ''Arabian ...

, أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ''

Medieval, early modern and 18th-century satirists

Godfrey of Winchester Godfrey of Cambrai (also known as Godfrey of Winchester) was the prior of Winchester Abbey from 1082 until his death in 1107. When he joined the Benedictine community around 1070 he was probably around 15 years old. He also was a composer of poems, ...

(died 1107,

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

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Ubayd Zakani Khwajeh Nizam al-Din Ubayd Allah al-Zakani ( fa, خواجه نظام الدین عبید الله الزاکانی, Ḵwājeh Niẓām al-Dīn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Zākānī; d. 1370), better known as Ubayd Zakani () was a Persian poet of the Mongol ...

(عبید زاکانی, died 1370,

Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

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Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio (, , ; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was somet ...

(1313–1375,

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

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The Decameron ''The Decameron'' (; it, label=Italian, Decameron or ''Decamerone'' ), subtitled ''Prince Galehaut'' (Old it, Prencipe Galeotto, links=no ) and sometimes nicknamed ''l'Umana commedia'' ("the Human comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dan ...

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James Bramston James Bramston (c. 1694–1743) was an English poet who specialised in satire and parody. He was also a pluralist cleric of the Church of England. Family The son of Col. Francis Bramston, a guards officer, he was born at Skreens, near Chelmsf ...

(1694–1743, England) – satirical poet *

Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer (; – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for ''The Canterbury Tales''. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He wa ...

(c. 1343–1400, England) – ''

The Canterbury Tales ''The Canterbury Tales'' ( enm, Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of twenty-four stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. It is widely regarded as Chaucer's ''Masterpiece, ...

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Sebastian Brant Sebastian Brant (also Brandt) (1458 – 10 May 1521) was a German humanist and satirist. He is best known for his satire '' Das Narrenschiff'' (''The Ship of Fools''). Biography Brant was born in Strasbourg to an innkeeper but eventually enter ...

(also Brandt) (1458 – 1521, Strasbourg) – ''

Das Narrenschiff ''Ship of Fools'' (Modern German: , la, Stultifera Navis, original medieval German title: ) is a satirical allegory in German verse published in 1494 in Basel, Switzerland, by the humanist and theologian Sebastian Brant. It is the most fam ...

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Gil Vicente Gil Vicente (; c. 1465c. 1536), called the Trobadour, was a Portuguese playwright and poet who acted in and directed his own plays. Considered the chief dramatist of Portugal he is sometimes called the "Portuguese Plautus," often refe ...

(c. 1465–1536,

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

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Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; ; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus;''Erasmus'' was his baptismal name, given after St. Erasmus of Formiae. ''Desiderius'' was an adopted additional name, which he used from 1496. The ''Roterodamus'' wa ...

(1466–1536,

Burgundian Netherlands In the history of the Low Countries, the Burgundian Netherlands (french: Pays-Bas bourguignons, nl, Bourgondische Nederlanden, lb, Burgundeschen Nidderlanden, wa, Bas Payis borguignons) or the Burgundian Age is the period between 1384 and ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

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The Praise of Folly ''In Praise of Folly'', also translated as ''The Praise of Folly'' ( la, Stultitiae Laus or ), is an essay written in Latin in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and first printed in June 1511. Inspired by previous works of the Italian hum ...

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François Rabelais François Rabelais ( , , ; born between 1483 and 1494; died 1553) was a French Renaissance writer, physician, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar. He is primarily known as a writer of satire, of the grotesque, and of bawdy jokes and ...

(c. 1493–1553,

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

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Gargantua and Pantagruel ''The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel'' (french: La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a pentalogy of novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais, telling the adventures of two giants, Gargantua ( , ) and his son Pantagruel ...

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Talking statues of Rome The talking statues of Rome ( it, statue parlanti di Roma) or the Congregation of Wits () provided an outlet for a form of anonymous political expression in Rome. Criticisms in the form of poems or witticisms were posted on well-known statues in ...

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Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 Old Style and New Style dates, NS) was an Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-emin ...

(1547–1616,

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Don Quixote is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, its full title is ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'' or, in Spanish, (changing in Part 2 to ). A founding work of Wester ...

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Luis de Góngora Luis de Góngora y Argote (born Luis de Argote y Góngora; ; 11 July 1561 – 24 May 1627) was a Spanish Baroque lyric poet and a Catholic priest. Góngora and his lifelong rival, Francisco de Quevedo, are widely considered the most prominent ...

(1561–1627, Spain) *

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

(1564–1616, England) – ''

Sonnet 130 William Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 mocks the conventions of the showy and flowery courtly sonnets in its realistic portrayal of his mistress. Synopsis Sonnet 130 satirizes the concept of ideal beauty that was a convention of literature and art in ...

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Francisco de Quevedo Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, Knight of the Order of Santiago (; 14 September 1580 – 8 September 1645) was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival, Luis de Góngora, ...

(1580–1645, Spain) *

Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana Don Juan de Tassis y Peralta, 2nd Count of Villamediana, ( es: ''Don Juan de Tassis y Peralta, segundo conde de Villamediana''; baptised 26 August 1582 – 21 August 1622), was a Spanish poet. In Spain he is simply known as Conde de Villamediana. ...

(1582–1622, Spain) *

Martin Marprelate Martin Marprelate (sometimes printed as Martin Mar-prelate and Marre–Martin) was the name used by the anonymous author or authors of the seven Marprelate tracts that circulated illegally in England in the years 1588 and 1589. Their principal f ...

(true identity unknown, fl. 1588–1589, England) – ''

Marprelate tracts The Marprelate Controversy was a war of pamphlets waged in England and Wales in 1588 and 1589, between a puritan writer who employed the pseudonym Martin Marprelate, and defenders of the Church of England which remained an established church. ...

'' * Samuel Butler (1612–1680, England) – ''

Hudibras ''Hudibras'' is a vigorous satirical poem, written in a mock-heroic style by Samuel Butler (1613–1680), and published in three parts in 1663, 1664 and 1678. The action is set in the last years of the Interregnum, around 1658–60, immediately ...

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Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world ...

(1622–1673, France) – ''Le Malade imaginaire'' *

Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Margaret Lucas Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623 – 15 December 1673) was an English philosopher, poet, scientist, fiction writer and playwright. Her husband, William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was Royalist co ...

(1623–1673, England) *

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1 April 1647 – 26 July 1680) was an English poet and courtier of King Charles II's Restoration court. The Restoration reacted against the "spiritual authoritarianism" of the Puritan era. Rochester embodie ...

(1647–1680, England) *

Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish Satire, satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whig (British political party), Whigs, then for the Tories (British political party), Tories), poe ...

(1667–1745,

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

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Gulliver's Travels ''Gulliver's Travels'', or ''Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships'' is a 1726 prose satire by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan ...

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A Modest Proposal ''A Modest Proposal For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Publick'', commonly referred to as ''A Modest Proposal'', is a Juvenalian satirical essay wr ...

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A Tale of a Tub ''A Tale of a Tub'' was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, composed between 1694 and 1697 and published in 1704. It is arguably his most difficult satire, and perhaps his best. The ''Tale'' is a prose parody divided into sections o ...

'' * Alicia D'Anvers ée Clarke(baptised 1668 – 1725, England) – ''Academia, or, The Humours of the University of Oxford'', 1691; ''The Oxford-Act'', 1693 *

John Gay John Gay (30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club. He is best remembered for ''The Beggar's Opera'' (1728), a ballad opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peac ...

(1685–1732, England) – ''

The Beggar's Opera ''The Beggar's Opera'' is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch. It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of satiri ...

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Alexander Pope Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. An exponent of Augustan literature, ...

(1688–1744, England) *

Voltaire François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778) was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' M. de Voltaire (; also ; ), he was famous for his wit, and his ...

(1694–1778, France) – ''

Candide ( , ) is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, first published in 1759. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled ''Candide: or, All for the Best'' (1759); ''Candide: or, The ...

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(1694–1744, England) *

William Hogarth William Hogarth (; 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraver, pictorial satirist, social critic, editorial cartoonist and occasional writer on art. His work ranges from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like s ...

(1697–1764, England) – ''

Beer Street and Gin Lane ''Beer Street'' and ''Gin Lane'' are two prints issued in 1751 by English artist William Hogarth in support of what would become the Gin Act. Designed to be viewed alongside each other, they depict the evils of the consumption of gin as a con ...

'' * Nicholas Amhurst (1697–1742, England) * David Raphael ben Abraham Polido () *

Henry Fielding Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) was an English novelist, irony writer, and dramatist known for earthy humour and satire. His comic novel '' Tom Jones'' is still widely appreciated. He and Samuel Richardson are seen as founders ...

(1707–1754, England) *

Laurence Sterne Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768), was an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric who wrote the novels ''The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman'' and ''A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy'', published ...

(1713–1768, Ireland/England) – ''

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman ''The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman'', also known as ''Tristram Shandy'', is a novel by Laurence Sterne, inspired by ''Don Quixote''. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others followin ...

'' * James Beresford (1764–1840, England) – ''

The Miseries of Human Life ''The Miseries of Human Life'' was written by James Beresford (writer), James Beresford (1764–1840) and published in 1806, first as a single volume and then as an expanded two-volume edition later that year. Illustrated by George Cruikshank, it ...

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Ivan Krylov Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (russian: Ива́н Андре́евич Крыло́в; 13 February 1769 – 21 November 1844) is Russia's best-known fabulist and probably the most epigrammatic of all Russian authors. Formerly a dramatist and journalis ...

(1769–1844,

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

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Jane Austen Jane Austen (; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots of ...

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Thomas Love Peacock Thomas Love Peacock (18 October 1785 – 23 January 1866) was an English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company. He was a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and they influenced each other's work. Peacock wrote satirical novels, ...

(1785–1866, England) – ''

Nightmare Abbey ''Nightmare Abbey'' is an 1818 novella by Thomas Love Peacock which makes good-natured fun of contemporary literary trends. The novel ''Nightmare Abbey'' was Peacock's third long work of fiction to be published. It was written in late March and ...

'', ''Crochet Castle'' * Eaton Stannard Barrett (1786–1820, Ireland) – ''The Heroine'' *

Charles Etienne Boniface Charles Etienne Boniface (2 February 1787 – 10 December 1853) was an early nineteenth century music teacher, playwright, journalist and polyglot who was born in France, but who spent his adult life in Southern Africa. His writings and comp ...

(1787–1853, France/

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

) – ''De Nieuwe Ridderorde of De Temperantisten'' (in Dutch, ''The New Knighthood or the Temperance Societies'') *

Giuseppe Gioachino Belli Giuseppe Francesco Antonio Maria Gioachino Raimondo Belli (7 September 1791 – 21 December 1863) was an Italian poet, famous for his sonnets in Romanesco, the dialect of Rome. Biography Giuseppe Francesco Antonio Maria Gioachino Raimondo Belli ...

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Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin ( April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. Encyclopædia Britannica, Wood, 2021 Among the leading inte ...

- (1706-1790, US) - ''Silence Dogood Letters'', ''On Titles of Honor'', ''The Busy-Body Letters'', ''A Witch Trial at Mount Holly'', ''

Poor Richard's Almanack ''Poor Richard's Almanack'' (sometimes ''Almanac'') was a yearly almanac An almanac (also spelled ''almanack'' and ''almanach'') is an annual publication listing a set of current information about one or multiple subjects. It includes inform ...

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Join, or Die ''Join, or Die.'' is a political cartoon showing the disunity in the American colonies. Attributed to Benjamin Franklin, the original publication by '' The Pennsylvania Gazette'' on May 9, 1754, is the earliest known pictorial representation of ...

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The Speech of Polly Baker "The Speech of Polly Baker" (1747) is the fictional story of a woman put on trial in 1747 for having an illegitimate child. She had been convicted five times in the past for this same crime. Each time, she said, the full blame was placed on her ...

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Modern satirists (born 1800–1900)

Evan Bevan Evan Bevan (1803–1866) was a Welsh writer of satirical verse in the Welsh language. Life and work Bevan was born into a poor family: his parents were William and Gwenllian Bevan of Llangynwyd, Glamorgan. As a young adult he moved to Ystradf ...

(1803–1866,

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

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Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...

(1809–1852, Russia) – ''

The Government Inspector ''The Government Inspector'', also known as ''The Inspector General'' ( rus, links=no, Ревизор, Revizor, literally: "Inspector"), is a satirical play by Russian dramatist and novelist, Nikolai Gogol. Originally published in 1836, the pla ...

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Dead Souls ''Dead Souls'' (russian: «Мёртвые души», ''Mjórtvyje dúshi'') is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature. The novel chronicles the travels and adv ...

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Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is wide ...

(1809–1849, US) – ''

The Man That Was Used Up "The Man That Was Used Up", sometimes subtitled "A Tale of the Late Bugaboo and Kickapoo Campaign", is a short story and satire by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in August 1839 in ''Burton's Gentleman's Magazine''. The story follows an ...

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A Predicament "A Predicament" is a humorous short story by Edgar Allan Poe, usually combined with its companion piece "How to Write a Blackwood Article". It was originally titled "The Scythe of Time". The paired stories parody the Gothic sensation tale, popula ...

Never Bet the Devil Your Head "Never Bet the Devil Your Head: A Moral Tale" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1841. The satirical tale pokes fun at the notion that all literature should have a moralSilverman, Kenneth. ''Edgar A. Poe: Mourn ...

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William Makepeace Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray (; 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was a British novelist, author and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1848 novel '' Vanity Fair'', a panoramic portrait of British society, and t ...

(1811–1863, England) – '' Vanity Fair'' *

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...

(1812–1870, England) – '' Hard Times'', ''

A Tale of Two Cities ''A Tale of Two Cities'' is a historical novel published in 1859 by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the ...

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James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell (; February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the fireside poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets that ri ...

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A Fable for Critics ''A Fable for Critics'' is a book-length satirical poem by American writer James Russell Lowell, first published anonymously in 1848. The poem made fun of well-known poets and critics of the time and brought notoriety to its author. Overview The ...

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Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet and mathematician. His most notable works are ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and its sequel ...

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Through the Looking Glass ''Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There'' (also known as ''Alice Through the Looking-Glass'' or simply ''Through the Looking-Glass'') is a novel published on 27 December 1871 (though indicated as 1872) by Lewis Carroll and the ...

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Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' or as it is known in more recent editions, ''The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'', is a novel by American author Mark Twain, which was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United St ...

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled ''A Yankee in King Arthur's Court''. Some early editions are titled ''A Yankee at the Court of King Arth ...

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain. It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention. The story has also been published as "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" (its orig ...

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W. S. Gilbert Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan, which produced fourteen comic operas. The most f ...

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Thomas Nast Thomas Nast (; ; September 26, 1840December 7, 1902) was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist often considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon". He was a critic of Democratic Representative "Boss" Tweed and ...

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Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – ) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book ''The Devil's Dictionary'' was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by t ...

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The Devil's Dictionary ''The Devil's Dictionary'' is a satirical dictionary written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce, consisting of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The lexicon was written over three decades as a series of installments ...

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Anatole France (; born , ; 16 April 1844 – 12 October 1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Académie França ...

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Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is ...

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The Importance of Being Earnest ''The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People'' is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious ...

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George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from ...

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Jerome K. Jerome Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humourist, best known for the comic travelogue ''Three Men in a Boat'' (1889). Other works include the essay collections '' Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow'' (1886) an ...

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Three Men in a Boat ''Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)'',The Penguin edition punctuates the title differently: ''Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog!'' published in 1889, is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a tw ...

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Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...

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The Lady with the Dog "The Lady with the Dog" (russian: Дама с собачкой, translit=Dama s sobachkoy) is a short story by Anton Chekhov. First published in 1899, it describes an adulterous affair between an unhappily married Moscow banker and a young married ...

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Jalil Mammadguluzadeh Jalil Huseyngulu oghlu Mammadguluzadeh ( az, Cəlil Məmmədquluzadə; 22 February 1869 – 4 January 1932), was an Azerbaijani people, Azerbaijani satirist and writer. He was the founder of Molla Nasraddin (magazine), ''Molla Nasraddin'', a ...

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Lakshminath Bezbaroa ' Lakshminath Bezbarua (, 14 October 1864), was an Assamese poet, novelist and playwright of modern Assamese literature. He was one of the literary stalwarts of the Jonaki Era, the age of romanticism in Assamese literature when through his e ...

(1868–1938,

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Saki Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and cultur ...

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Trilussa Trilussa, anagrammatic pseudonym of Carlo Alberto Camillo Mariano SalustriSome biographers as Claudio Rendina report ''Marianum'' as his fourth name (Rendina, p.19) (Rome, 26 October 1871 – 21 December 1950), was an Italian poet, writer and j ...

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Alfred Jarry Alfred Jarry (; 8 September 1873 – 1 November 1907) was a French symbolist writer who is best known for his play ''Ubu Roi'' (1896). He also coined the term and philosophical concept of 'pataphysics. Jarry was born in Laval, Mayenne, France, ...

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Radoje Domanović Radoje Domanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Радоје Домановић; February 16, 1873 – August 17, 1908) was a Serbian writer and teacher, most famous for his satirical short stories. His adult years were a constant fight against tuberculosis. ...

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Iraj Mirza Prince Iraj Mirza ( fa, ایرج میرزا, literally ''Prince Iraj''; October 1874 – 14 March 1926) (titled Jalāl-ol-Mamālek, fa, جلال‌الممالک), son of prince Gholam-Hossein Mirza, was a famous Iranian poet. He was a modern p ...

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Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

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Will Rogers William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma ...

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James Branch Cabell James Branch Cabell (; April 14, 1879 – May 5, 1958) was an American author of fantasy fiction and ''belles-lettres''. Cabell was well-regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Mencken, Edmund Wilson, and Sinclair Lewis. His works ...

(1879–1958, US) * Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (علی‌اکبر دهخدا, 1879–1959, Iran) *

H. L. Mencken Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English. He commented widely on the social scene, literature, music, prominent politicians, ...

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Arkady Averchenko Arkady Timofeevich Averchenko (russian: Арка́дий Тимофе́евич Аве́рченко; 27 March 1881 in Sevastopol – 12 March 1925 in Prague) was a Russian playwright and satirist. He published his stories in the journal ''Sati ...

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P. G. Wodehouse Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, ( ; 15 October 188114 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeve ...

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Wyndham Lewis Percy Wyndham Lewis (18 November 1882 – 7 March 1957) was a British writer, painter and critic. He was a co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art and edited ''BLAST,'' the literary magazine of the Vorticists. His novels include ''Tarr'' ( ...

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Jaroslav Hašek Jaroslav Hašek (; 1883–1923) was a Czech writer, humorist, satirist, journalist, bohemian and anarchist. He is best known for his novel '' The Fate of the Good Soldier Švejk during the World War'', an unfinished collection of farcical incide ...

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The Good Soldier Švejk ''The Good Soldier Švejk'' () is an unfinished satirical dark comedy novel by Czech writer Jaroslav Hašek, published in 1921–1923, about a good-humored, simple-minded, middle-aged man who pretends to be enthusiastic to serve Austria-Hungary i ...

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Oscar Cesare Oscar Edward Cesare (October 7, 1883 – July 25, 1948) was a Swedish-born American caricaturist, painter, draftsman and editorial cartoonist. Biography Cesare was born on 7 October 1883 in Linköping, Sweden. At eighteen he moved to Paris ...

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Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is consider ...

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The Great Dictator ''The Great Dictator'' is a 1940 American anti-war political satire black comedy film written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of many of his other films. Having been the onl ...

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Monsieur Verdoux ''Monsieur Verdoux'' is a 1947 American black comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, who plays a bigamist wife killer inspired by serial killer Henri Désiré Landru. The supporting cast includes Martha Raye, William Frawley, a ...

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Kurt Tucholsky Kurt Tucholsky (; 9 January 1890 – 21 December 1935) was a German journalist, satirist, and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser (after the historical figure), Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger and Ignaz Wrobel. Tucholsky was on ...

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Mikhail Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bʊlˈɡakəf; – 10 March 1940) was a Soviet writer, medical doctor, and playwright active in the fir ...

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Heart of a Dog ''Heart of a Dog'' (russian: links=no, italic=yes, Собачье сердце, Sobachye serdtse) is a novella by Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov. A biting satire of Bolshevism, it was written in 1925 at the height of the NEP period, when commu ...

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The Master and Margarita ''The Master and Margarita'' (russian: Мастер и Маргарита) is a novel by Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐf ...

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Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, writer, critic, and satirist based in New York; she was known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. From a conflicted and unhap ...

(1893–1967, US) satirical writer of humorous short stories, poetry and book reviews *Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930, Russia/Soviet Union) *Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) – ''Point Counter Point'', ''Brave New World'' *James Thurber (1894-1961, US) – "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" *Mikhail Zoshchenko (1894–1958, Soviet Union) *Josep Pla (1897–1981, Spain [Catalonia]) *Ilf and Petrov: Ilya Ilf (1897–1937, Soviet Union) and Yevgeny Petrov (writer), Yevgeni Petrov (1903–1942, Soviet Union) – ''The Twelve Chairs'', ''The Little Golden Calf'' *Yury Olesha (1899–1960, Soviet Union) – ''Three Fat Men, Envy (novel), Envy''

Modern satirists (born 1900–1930)

*Stella Gibbons (1902–1989, England) – author of comic novel ''Cold Comfort Farm'' *Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966, England) – ''Brideshead Revisited'', ''Decline and Fall'', ''Scoop (novel), Scoop'' *George Orwell (1903–1950, England) – ''Animal Farm'', ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' *Malcolm Muggeridge (1903–1990, England) *Dr. Seuss (1904–1991, US) – ''The Lorax'' (1971), ''The Butter Battle Book'' (1984) *Kurt Kusenberg (1904–1983, Germany) *Daniil Kharms (1905–1942, Russia/USSR) *H. F. Ellis (1907–2000, England) – ''The Papers of A. J. Wentworth, B.A.'', 1949 *Jean Effel (1908–1982, France) – cartoonist, author of the cartoon cycle ''The Creation of the World'' *Al Capp (1909–1979, US) *Arkady Raikin (1911–1987, Russia/USSR) – stand-up comedian *Aubrey Menen (1912–1989, United Kingdom, Britain, India) – satirist, novelist and philosopher *Walt Kelly (1913–1973, US) *Anthony Burgess (1917–1993, England) – ''A Clockwork Orange (novel), A Clockwork Orange'' *Warrington Colescott (1921–2018, US) *Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007, US) – ''Slaughterhouse-Five'', ''Breakfast of Champions'', ''Cat's Cradle'' *Lenny Bruce (1925–1966, US) – stand-up comedian *Joseph Heller (1923–1999, US) – ''Catch-22'' *Art Buchwald (1924–2007) – political humor column in The Washington Post *Terry Southern (1924–1995, US) – ''The Magic Christian (novel), The Magic Christian'', ''Dr. Strangelove'' *Günter Grass (1927–2015, Germany) – ''The Tin Drum'', ''Cat and Mouse (novella), Cat and Mouse'' *Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999, US) – ''Dr. Strangelove'' *Harvey Kurtzman (1924–1993, US) *Tom Lehrer (born 1928, US) – ''That Was the Year That Was'' *Jules Feiffer (1929, US) – satirical cartoonist who wrote the original play and screenplay for ''Little Murders'' *Ray Bradbury (US) *William S. Burroughs (US) – ''Naked Lunch'' *Dario Fo (Italy) *Flannery O'Connor (US) *C. Northcote Parkinson (England) *Anna Russell (England/Canada) *Gore Vidal (US) – ''Myra Breckinridge'' *Mel Brooks (US) – ''The Producers (1967 film), The Producers'', ''Blazing Saddles'', ''Young Frankenstein'' *Erma Bombeck (1927, US) *Allan Sherman (1924–1973, US) – musician, parodist, television producer, voice actor *Stan Freberg (1926, US) – musician, parodist, voice actor *Brian O'Nolan (1911–1966, Ireland) – ''At Swim-Two-Birds'' (as Flann O'Brien) *Ephraim Kishon (1924, Israel) *Jerry Lewis (1926-2017) (US) – comedian, screenwriter, director

Contemporary satirists (born 1930–1960)

*Mordecai Richler (1931–2001, Canada) *Tom Wolfe (born 1931, US) – ''The Bonfire of the Vanities'' *Vladimir Voinovich (born 1932, Soviet Union/Russia) – ''The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin'', ''Moscow 2042'' *Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007, US) – ''The Illuminatus! Trilogy'' *Barry Humphries (born 1934, Australia) – ''My Gorgeous Life'', ''The Life and Death of Sandy Stone'', stage shows *Jonathan Miller (1934–2019, England) *Alan Bennett (born 1934, England) *Mykhailo Zhvanetskyi (born 1934, Soviet Union/Russia) *Dudley Moore (1935–2002, England) *David Lodge (author), David Lodge (born 1935, US) – author of "Campus Trilogy" *Woody Allen (born 1935, US) *Thomas Pynchon (born 1937, US) – ''V.'', ''The Crying of Lot 49'', ''Gravity's Rainbow'' *Richard Ingrams (born 1937, England) *John Kennedy O'Toole (born 1937, US) *George Carlin (1937–2008, US) – stand-up comedian *Peter Cook (1937–1995, England) – of the Satire boom, ''Beyond the Fringe'' *Eleanor Bron (born 1938, England) *David Frost (1939–2013, England) *Grigori Gorin (1940–2000, Soviet Union/Russia) *Frank Zappa (1940–1993, US) – ''We're Only in It for the Money'', ''Cruising with Ruben and the Jets'' *Sergei Dovlatov (1941–1990, Soviet Union/Russia) *Kioumars Saberi Foumani (کیومرث صابری فومنی, 1941–2004, Iran) *Neil Innes (1944–2019, England) – former Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band founder and member of The Rutles. Writer of satirical songs and books *Gennady Khazanov (born 1945, Soviet Union/Russia) – stand-up comedian *Luba Goy (born 1945, Canada) *Roger Abbott (born 1946, Canada) – sketch comedian. *Lewis Grizzard (born 1946, US) *Sue Townsend (1946–2014, England) – Adrian Mole *Don Ferguson (actor), Don Ferguson (born 1946, Canada) *Jonathan Meades (born 1947, England) – writer, broadcaster and satirist *Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) – humorist and fantasy novelist, The ''Discworld'' book series *Lewis Black (born 1948, US) – stand-up comic, ''The Daily Show'' *Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov, Mikhail Zadornov (born 1948, Soviet Union/Russia) *Garry Trudeau (born 1948, US) *Jaafar Abbas (living, Sudan) *Christopher Guest (born 1948, US) – ''This Is Spinal Tap'', ''Waiting for Guffman'' *Georg Schramm (born 1949, Germany) – ''Scheibenwischer'', ''Neues aus der Anstalt'', kabarett artist *Gary Larson (born 1950, US) – cartoonist *Fran Lebowitz (born 1950, US) – The Fran Lebowitz Reader, Public Speaking (film) – NYC public intellectual *Bailey White (born 1950, US) *Steve Bell (cartoonist), Steve Bell (born 1951, England) *Bill Bryson (born 1951, US) *Al Franken (born 1951, US) *Douglas Adams (1952–2001, England) – ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' *Mary Walsh (actress), Mary Walsh (born 1952, Canada) *Phil Hendrie (born 1952, US) – radio host of ''The Phil Hendrie Show'' *Robert Zubrin (born 1952, US) *Christopher Buckley (novelist), Christopher Buckley (born 1952) – ''Thank You for Smoking (novel), Thank You for Smoking'', ''The White House Mess'' *Carl Hiaasen (born 1953) – ''Tourist Season (novel), Tourist Season'', ''Double Whammy (novel), Double Whammy'', ''Basket Case (novel), Basket Case'', ''Skinny Dip (novel), Skinny Dip'' *Stoney Burke (performer), Stoney Burke (born 1953, US) *Louis de Bernières (born 1954, United Kingdom, UK) – Latin America Trilogy: ''The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts'', ''Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord'', ''The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman'' *Matt Groening (born 1954, US) – ''The Simpsons'', ''Futurama'' *George C. Wolfe (born 1954, US) – ''The Colored Museum'' *Howard Stern (born 1954, US) *Jaspal Bhatti (1955–2012, India) *Cathy Jones (born 1955, Canada) *Bill Maher (born 1956, US) – ''Real Time with Bill Maher'' *Percival Everett (born 1956, US) *Ziad Rahbani (زياد الرحباني, born 1956, Lebanon) *David Sedaris (born 1956, US) – ''Naked (book), Naked'', ''Me Talk Pretty One Day'' *Craig Brown (satirist), Craig Brown (born 1957, UK) *Scott Adams (born 1957, US) – ''Dilbert'' *Stephen Fry (born 1957, England) *Christopher Moore (author), Christopher Moore (born 1957, US) *Victor Shenderovich (born 1958, Russia) *Ebrahim Nabavi (سید ابراهیم نبوی, born 1958, Iran), winner of Prince Claus Awards, Prince Claus Award (2005) *Bill Watterson (born 1958, US) – cartoonist, ''Calvin and Hobbes'' *Jello Biafra (born 1958, US) *George Saunders (born 1958, US) – author of CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, CivilWarLand In Bad Decline, Tenth of December: Stories, Tenth of December and Lincoln in the Bardo. *Wayne Federman (born 1959, US) *"Weird Al" Yankovic (born 1959, US) *Hugh Laurie (born 1959, England) *Jeffrey Morgan (writer), Jeffrey Morgan (living, Canada) – Creem, CREEM, Metro Times *Denis Leary (born 1957, US)

Contemporary satirists (born 1960–present)

In alphabetical order (many birth dates not known): *Jacob M. Appel (US, born 1973) – playwright (''Causa Mortis'', ''Arborophilia'') *Michael "Atters" Attree (born 1965, UK) *Max Barry (born 1973, Australia) – author *Paul Beatty (born 1962, US) – (''The White Boy Shuffle'', ''The Sellout (book), The Sellout'') *Nigel Blackwell (living, UK) – ''Half Man Half Biscuit'' *Jan Böhmermann (born 1981, Germany) *Charlie Brooker (born 1971, UK) – ''Nathan Barley'' *Bo Burnham (born 1990, US) – comedian and musician *Dave Chappelle (born 1973, US) – stand-up comedian, ''Chappelle's Show'' *David Cross (born 1964, US) – ''Mr. Show with Bob and David, Mr. Show'', ''Arrested Development (TV series), Arrested Development'' *Sacha Baron Cohen (born 1971) – ''Borat'', ''Da Ali G Show'' *Stephen Colbert (born 1964, US) – ''The Colbert Report'', ''The Daily Show'' *Sarah Cooper (born 1977, US) – blogger, vlogger, author, comedian *Douglas Coupland (born 1961, Canada) – ''Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture'' *Scott Dikkers (born 1965, US) – comedy writer and speaker *Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964, US) – screenwriter and director *Ricky Gervais (born 1961, UK) – comedian, creator of The Office (British TV series), ''The Office'' (British TV series) *Sabina Guzzanti (born 1963, Italy) – satirist and writer *Bill Hicks (1961–1994, US) – stand-up comedian *Mishu Hilmy (living, US) – ''Good Morning Gitmo'' *Ian Hislop (born 1960, UK) – ''Private Eye'' *Jessica Holmes (born 1973, Canada) – comedian and actress *Armando Iannucci (born 1963, UK) – ''Brass Eye'', ''The Day Today'' *Mike Judge (born 1962, US) – creator of ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' and ''King of the Hill'' *Elnathan John (born 1982, Nigeria) — ''Be(com)ing Nigerian, Be(com)ing Nigerian: A Guide'' *Kennedy (commentator), Kennedy (born 1972, US) – radio personality and author *Hari Kondabolu (born 1982, US) – stand-up comic and film-maker *Erik Larsen (born 1962, US) – "Savage Dragon" comic book *Craig Lauzon (living, Canada) – comedian and caricaturist *Stewart Lee (born 1968, UK) – stand-up comedian and director *Victor Lewis-Smith (living, UK) – ''TV Offal'' *Chris Lilley (comedian), Chris Lilley (born 1974, Australia) – ''Summer Heights High'', We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year'' *Daniele Luttazzi (born 1961, Italy) – satirist and songwriter *Maddox (writer), Maddox (born 1978, US) – website ''The Best Page in the Universe'' *Seth MacFarlane (born 1973, US) – ''Family Guy'' *Scarlet Monahan (born 1983, UK)
British Satire
*Aaron McGruder (US) – ''The Boondocks (comic strip)'', ''The Boondocks (TV series)'' *Rick Mercer (born 1969, Canada) – ''Rick Mercer Report'' *Tim Minchin (born 1975, Australia) – comedian and musician *Mark Morford (living, US) – ''Notes and Errata'', ''San Francisco Chronicle'', ''SF Gate'' *Chris Morris (satirist), Chris Morris (born 1965, UK) – ''Brass Eye'', ''The Day Today'' *Gregory Motton (born 1961, UK) – playwright and author *The Moustache Brothers (Myanmar) – screwball comedy and dance *Bob Odenkirk (born 1962, US) – ''Mr. Show'', ''Saturday Night Live'', ''The Larry Sanders Show'' *John Oliver (comedian), John Oliver (born 1977, England) – ''Last Week Tonight with John Oliver'' *Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962, US) – ''Fight Club (novel), Fight Club'' and ''Choke (novel), Choke'' *Alan Park (born 1962, Canada) – comedian and satirist *Trey Parker (born 1969, US) – ''South Park'', ''Team America: World Police'', ''The Book of Mormon (musical), The Book of Mormon'' *Alexandra Petri (born 1988, US) – author and columnist *Mark A. Rayner (living, Canada) – satirist and fiction writer *Pablo Reyes Jr (born 1989, US) – website ''The Daily Currant'' and Huzlers *Celia Rivenbark (living, US) – columnist and author *Joe Rogan (born 1967, US) – comedian and podcast pioneer *Eric Schwartz (songwriter), Eric Schwartz (living, US) – folk singer and satirist *Andrew Shaffer (living, US) – author *Amy Sedaris (born 1961, US) – actress and comedian *Sarah Silverman (born 1970, US) – stand-up comedian, ''The Sarah Silverman Program'' *Martin Sonneborn (born 1965, Germany) – political jokester and satirist *Jon Stewart (born 1962, US) – ''The Daily Show'' *Matt Stone (born 1971, US) – ''South Park'', ''The Book of Mormon (musical), The Book of Mormon'' *Vermin Supreme (born 1961, US) – performance artist, comedian and political satirist *Greg Thomey (born 1961, Canada) – comedian and playwright *David Thorne (writer), David Thorne (living, Australia) – humorist and satirist *Andrew Unger, (living, Canada) – Mennonite satirist *Jhonen Vasquez (born 1974, US) – ''Johnny the Homicidal Maniac'', ''Squee!, Squee'' *Oliver Welke (born 1966, Germany) - ''heute-show'' *Mark Whitney (born 1959, US) – satirist and comedian *Howard X, (living, Hong Kong, Australia) – political satirist, musician, professional impersonator of Kim Jong-un *Bassem Youssef (باسم رأفت محمد يوسف, born 1974, Egypt) – comedian *Rucka Rucka Ali (born 1987, Israel) – political satirist, song parody maker

Notable satires in contemporary popular culture

In modern culture, much satire is often the work of several individuals collectively, as in magazines and television. Hence the following list.

Print

*Astérix (French comic strip, satirizing both the

era as well as 20th century life) *Benchley (US comic strip created by Mort Drucker and Jerry Dumas, satirizing Ronald Reagan and American culture) *Bone (comics), Bone (US comic strip) *The Boondocks (comic strip), The Boondocks (US comic strip, satirizing African-American culture) *Le Canard enchaîné (weekly French satirical newspaper) *Charlie Hebdo (weekly French satirical paper) *The Chaser (newspaper), The Chaser (Australian newspaper and TV shows) *Cho Ramaswamy (Thuglak – Tamil magazine) *Dilbert (US comic strip) *The Donald Duck in comics, Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics by Carl Barks *Doonesbury (US comic strip) *The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (US comic strip) *Faux Faulkner contest (annually published in ''Hemispheres (magazine), Hemispheres'' magazine until 2005) *Fritz the Cat by Robert Crumb *Humor Times (monthly US magazine) *Idées noires (Belgian comic strip) *Li'l Abner (US comic strip) *Life in Hell (US comic strip) *Mad (magazine), Mad (satirical comic book and magazine) *The Medium (Rutgers), The Medium (weekly newspaper printed by students of Rutgers University) *Mr. Natural (comics), Mr. Natural by Robert Crumb *Nero (comics), Nero (Belgian comic strip) *The New Yorker (Shouts and Murmurs) *The Onion (US magazine) *Peanuts (US comic strip) *Pogo (comic strip), Pogo (US comic strip) *Private Eye (UK magazine) *The Inconsequential (UK magazine) *The Second Supper (US magazine) *The Tart (Fortnightly UK newspaper) *The Adventures of Tintin (Belgian comic strip) *Titanic (magazine), Titanic (German magazine) *Tom Puss (Dutch comic strip) *Watchmen (American comic book series)

Television and radio

*The Simpsons and Futurama (Matt Groening) *Howard Stern (radio personality "The Howard Stern Show") *The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (US Talk Show) *The Colbert Report (US Talk Show) *The Day Today (UK TV news parody by Chris Morris) *Brass Eye (UK current affairs TV-show parody by Chris Morris) *On the Hour (UK news radio parody by Chris Morris) *TV Offal (UK TV critique show by Victor Lewis-Smith) *This Hour Has 22 Minutes (Canadian TV show) *South Park (Trey Parker and Matt Stone) *The Chaser (newspaper), The Chaser (Australian newspaper and TV shows) *Facelift (TV series), Facelift (New Zealand Political show) *Spitting Image (UK TV show famous for its puppets of celebrities) *Yes Minister (also "Yes, Prime Minister" – UK TV show satirising government) *Kukly (''Dolls'', 1994–2002) – Russian satirical puppet show *Fitil (''Fuse'') – Soviet television satirical/comedy short film series *Nip/Tuck (Ryan Murphy (writer), Ryan Murphy) *Have I Got News For You – Long running UK TV panel show *Nathan Barley – 2005 UK TV satire by Chris Morris (satirist), Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker. *The Chaser's War on Everything – Australian satire with an emphasis on attacking 'everyone'. *Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld) *Royal Canadian Air Farce (1993–2007) (Don Ferguson (actor), Don Ferguson, Roger Abbott, Luba Goy) *Air Farce Live (2007–present) (Don Ferguson (actor), Don Ferguson, Roger Abbott, Luba Goy) *Monty Python's Flying Circus *Phil Hendrie (radio personality "The Phil Hendrie Show") *Mock the Week – UK TV comedy panel show *The Larry Sanders Show – (Garry Shandling) *30 Rock – (Tina Fey) *Glenn Martin, DDS – A Nick@Nite show *Episodes (TV series), Episodes – David Crane *Better Off Ted – (Victor Fresco) *Onion News Network *The Boondocks (TV series), The Boondocks – (Aaron McGruder) *heute-show (German TV series) *The Amazing World of Gumball – Ben Bocquelet *Family Guy – (Seth MacFarlane) *On Cinema at the Cinema – (Tim Heidecke), Gregg Turkington) *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air – (Andy Borowitz and Susan Borowitz)

Music

*The Cover of "Rolling Stone" a satirical lament by Dr Hook, Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show. *"White America (song), White America" is a satirical song by Eminem It is about his impact in rap and the impact of rap in the white communities. *"Mercedes Benz (song), Mercedes Benz" is a McClure-Joplin song sung by Janis Joplin *Culturcide's album ''Tacky Souvenirs of Pre-Revolutionary America'' overdubbed new, satirical lyrics onto such pop hits as "We Are the World". *Vaporwave, a satirical music genre with anarcho-capitalist and cyberpunk overtones dedicated to (anti-)consumerism. *Mark Russell is an American political satirist known for his many appearances on PBS *Peter Gabriel's song ''The Barry Williams Show'' satirizes talk shows which showcase domestic topics of a taboo or shocking nature (and the viewing public's fascination with such content). *Chumbawamba have consistently used satire to make political points throughout their musical career. *Pink Floyd's albums ''Animals (Pink Floyd album), Animals'' and ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' are conceptual and satirical albums. *The Lonely Island is a satirical music group known for their work on Saturday Night Live. *Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone's Tony-sweeping Broadway show The Book of Mormon (musical) satirizes the applicability of first-world religion to third-world problems. *The Dead Milkmen is a satirical punk rock/cowpunk band from the early 1980s. *Ben Folds, a rock pianist, and his group, Ben Folds Five, have multiple songs including satirical elements. Some of them being, "Underground", "Sports and Wine", and "Rock Star". *Dead Kennedys, an American punk band, often used satire in their songs, most notably Kill the Poor. *Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention's We're Only in It for the Money.

Film

*''Blazing Saddles'', a 1974 comedy movie directed by Mel Brooks, satirizing racism *''Casino Royale (1967 film), Casino Royale'', a 1967 surrealism, surrealistic satire on the James Bond (film series), James Bond series and the entire spy genre. *''Get Out'' *''This Is Spinal Tap'', a satire on heavy metal culture and "rockumentaries" *''The Very Same Munchhausen'', a 1979 satire of the late Soviet society *''Clueless (film), Clueless'' *''American Beauty (1999 film), American Beauty'', a 1999 satire of life in the suburbs *''Thank You for Smoking (film), Thank You for Smoking'' *''Team America: World Police'' is a 2004 film satirizing Hollywood action flicks as well as post-9/11 American foreign policy. *''Wag the Dog'' *''The Rules of Attraction (film), The Rules of Attraction'' *''Best in Show (film), Best in Show'' *''I Heart Huckabees'' *''Starship Troopers (film), Starship Troopers'' *''Scary Movie (film series), Scary Movie'' *''Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie'' *''Dr. Strangelove'' *''Planet of the Apes (1968 film), Planet of the Apes'' *''South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'', a film satirizing censorship *''Network (1976 film), Network'' *''Otaku no Video'', a 1993 anime satirizing the otaku subculture *''Adaptation (film), Adaptation.'' *''Brazil (1985 film), Brazil'' *''S.O.B. (film), S.O.B.'', a satire on Hollywood. *''Election (1999 film), Election'' *''Not Another Teen Movie'', a satire of the teen film genre *''Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle'' *''Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay'' *''Citizen Ruth'' *''The Hospital'' *''Weapons of Mass Distraction'' *''Little Children (film), Little Children'' *''Bulworth'' *''Man Bites Dog (film), Man Bites Dog'' *''The Simpsons Movie'' *''Smile (1975 film), Smile'', a satire of beauty pageants and small-town life *''Bob Roberts'' *''War, Inc.'' *''Britannia Hospital'' *''Fight Club'', a dark satire on consumerism, cults, and extremism *''American Psycho'' *''Tropic Thunder'' *''Simon (1980 film), Simon'', satirical commentary on the effects of mass media in pop culture *''American History X'' satirizes race/racism in a contemporary setting *''They Live (film), They Live'' *''Land of the Dead'', a satire of post-9/11 America state and of the Bush administration *''The Wicker Man (1973 film), The Wicker Man'', a satire on cults and religion *''

'', a satire on Adolf Hitler *''Monty Python's Life of Brian'', a satire on miscommunication, religion and Christianity *''The Player (1992 film), The Player'', a satire of Cinema of the United States, Hollywood, directed by Robert Altman *''In the Loop (film), In the Loop'', a satire of the 2003 invasion of Iraq *''Elvis Gratton,'' a French Canadian/Québécois series depicting a satirical Federalism in Quebec, federalist *''FUBAR (film), Fubar'' *''The Man Who Knew Too Little''

Video games

*''Fallout (video game), Fallout'' *''Fallout 2'' *''Fallout 3'' *''Fallout: New Vegas'' *''Fallout 4'' *, a satire on US consumer culture *, a satire on US consumer culture *''Grand Theft Auto'' *''Crash: Mind over Mutant''

Internet

*Adequacy.org *The Babylon Bee (Christian satire) *BBspot *The Best Page In The Universe *Coconut Kelz (South African satirical video blogger) *The Daily Mash (U.K. satirical news website) *The Daily Bonnet (Mennonite satire website) *Faking News (Indian news satire website) *The Hard Times *Huzlers *Landover Baptist Church (US website satirizing Fundamentalist Christians) *Latma *McSweeney's, McSweeney's Internet Tendency *National Report *Jeremy Nell (South African cartoonist) *NewsBiscuit *The Onion *Pat Condell *Reductress *ScrappleFace *The Second Supper *The UnReal Times (Indian news satire website) *Uncyclopedia (satirical parody of Wikipedia) *Vote for the Worst

References

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Early satirical authors

Medieval, early modern and 18th-century satirists

Modern satirists (born 1800–1900)

Modern satirists (born 1900–1930)

Contemporary satirists (born 1930–1960)

Contemporary satirists (born 1960–present)

Notable satires in contemporary popular culture

Print

Television and radio

Music

Film

Video games

Internet

See also

References