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. They are grouped by era and listed by year of birth. Included is a list of modern satires.

Early satirical authors

Aesop Aesop ( ; , ; c. 620–564 BCE; formerly rendered as Æsop) was a Greeks, Greek wikt:fabulist, fabulist and Oral storytelling, storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as ''Aesop's Fables''. Although his existence re ...

(c. 620–560 BCE,

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Aesop's Fables Aesop's Fables, or the Aesopica, is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a Slavery in ancient Greece, slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 Before the Common Era, BCE. Of varied and unclear origins, the stor ...

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Diogenes Diogenes the Cynic, also known as Diogenes of Sinope (c. 413/403–c. 324/321 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism (philosophy), Cynicism. Renowned for his ascetic lifestyle, biting wit, and radical critique ...

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Aristophanes Aristophanes (; ; ) was an Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek Ancient Greek comedy, comic playwright from Classical Athens, Athens. He wrote in total forty plays, of which eleven survive virtually complete today. The majority of his surviving play ...

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The Frogs ''The Frogs'' (; , 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 Athens, in 405 BC and received first place. The pla ...

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The Clouds ''The Clouds'' (, ''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 well received as th ...

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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 Scip ...

(c. 180–103 BCE,

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Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC), Suetonius, Life of Horace commonly known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). Th ...

(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 exposing or ...

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Ovid Publius Ovidius Naso (; 20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known in English as Ovid ( ), was a Augustan literature (ancient Rome), Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a younger contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he i ...

(43 BCE – 17 CE, Roman Republic/

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

(c. 4 BCE – 65 CE,

Hispania Hispania was the Ancient Rome, Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula. Under the Roman Republic, Hispania was divided into two Roman province, provinces: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior. During the Principate, Hispania Ulterior was divide ...

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

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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 Roman poet and satirist of Etruscan origin. In his works, poems and satire, he shows a Stoic wisdom and a strong criticism for what he considered to be the stylistic abuses of his ...

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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 in the late 1st century AD, though the manuscript tradition identifi ...

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Juvenal Decimus Junius Juvenalis (), known in English as Juvenal ( ; 55–128), was a Roman poet. He is the author of the '' Satires'', a collection of satirical poems. The details of Juvenal's life are unclear, but references in his works to people f ...

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Lucian Lucian of Samosata (Λουκιανὸς ὁ Σαμοσατεύς, 125 – after 180) was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridi ...

(c. 120–180 CE, Roman Empire) *

Apuleius Apuleius ( ), also called Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis (c. 124 – after 170), was a Numidians, Numidian Latin-language prose writer, Platonist philosopher and rhetorician. He was born in the Roman Empire, Roman Numidia (Roman province), province ...

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The Golden Ass The ''Metamorphoses'' of Apuleius, which Augustine of Hippo referred to as ''The Golden Ass'' (Latin: ''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 ...

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One Thousand and One Nights ''One Thousand and One Nights'' (, ), is a collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled in the Arabic language during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as ''The Arabian Nights'', from the first English-language edition ( ...

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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, ...

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Ubayd Zakani Khwajeh Nizam al-Din Ubayd Allah al-Zakani (; d. 1370), better known as Ubayd Zakani (), was a Persian poet of the Mongol era, regarded as one of the best satirists in Persian literature. His most famous work is '' Mush-o Gorbeh'' ("Mouse and Cat" ...

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

(1313–1375,

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The Decameron ''The Decameron'' (; or ''Decamerone'' ), subtitled ''Prince Galehaut'' (Old ) and sometimes nicknamed ''l'Umana commedia'' ("the Human Comedy (drama), comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Dante Alighieri's ''Divine Comedy, Comedy'' "''D ...

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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 w ...

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The Canterbury Tales ''The Canterbury Tales'' () is a collection of 24 stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. The book presents the tales, which are mostly written in verse, as part of a fictional storytelling contest held ...

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Sebastian Brant Sebastian Brant (also Brandt; 1457/1458 – 10 May 1521) was a German humanist and satirist. He is best known for his satire '' Das Narrenschiff'' (''The Ship of Fools''). Early life and education Brant was born in either 1457 or 1458 in Strasbo ...

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Das Narrenschiff ''Ship of Fools'' (Modern German: ; ; 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 famous treatment of the sh ...

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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,

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Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus ( ; ; 28 October c. 1466 – 12 July 1536), commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic priest and Catholic theology, theologian, educationalist ...

(1466–1536,

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The Praise of Folly ''In Praise of Folly'', also translated as ''The Praise of Folly'' ( 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 humanist ''De Triumpho ...

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François Rabelais François Rabelais ( , ; ; born between 1483 and 1494; died 1553) was a French writer who has been called the first great French prose author. A Renaissance humanism, humanist of the French Renaissance and Greek scholars in the Renaissance, Gr ...

(c. 1493–1553,

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Gargantua and Pantagruel ''The Five Books of the Lives and Deeds of Gargantua and Pantagruel'' (), often shortened to ''Gargantua and Pantagruel'' or the (''Five Books''), is a pentalogy of novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais. It tells the advent ...

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

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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 a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelist ...

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Don Quixote , the full title being ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'', is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, the novel is considered a founding work of Western literature and is of ...

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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 prebendary for the Church of Córdoba. Góngora and his lifelong rival, Francisco de Quevedo, are widel ...

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William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 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 ...

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Sonnet 130 Sonnet 130 is a sonnet by William Shakespeare, published in 1609 as one of his Shakespeare's sonnets, 154 sonnets. It mocks the conventions of the showy and flowery courtly sonnets in its realistic portrayal of Dark Lady (Shakespeare), his mistre ...

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Francisco de Quevedo Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, Order of Santiago, 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, ...

(1580–1645, Spain) *

Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana Don (honorific), Don Juan de Tassis y Peralta, 2nd Count of Villamediana (Spanish language, es: ''Don Juan de Tassis y Peralta, segundo conde de Villamediana''; baptised 26 August 1582 – 21 August 1622) was a Spanish poet of the Baroque ''Culte ...

(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 ...

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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. ...

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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, immediate ...

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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 great writers in the French language and world liter ...

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

Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (; 1623

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John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1 April 1647 (Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.) – 26 July 1680 (Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.)) was an English poet and courtier of King Charles II of England, Charles II's Restoration (England), ...

(1647–1680, England) *

Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. In 1713, he became the Dean (Christianity), dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and was given the sobriquet "Dean Swi ...

(1667–1745,

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Gulliver's Travels ''Gulliver's Travels'', originally titled ''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 clerg ...

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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. The ''Tale'' is a prose parody divided into sections of "digression" and a "tale" of three brothers, each representin ...

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Alicia D'Anvers Alicia D'Anvers ée Clarke(baptised 1668–1725) was an English poet known for her satires of academic life. Biography Born in Oxford, her father, Samuel Clarke (bap. 1624, d. 1669), was superior beadle of civil law and first ''archit ...

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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 Peach ...

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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 sati ...

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Alexander Pope Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early ...

(1688–1744, England) *

Voltaire François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, philosopher (''philosophe''), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit ...

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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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William Hogarth William Hogarth (; 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraving, engraver, pictorial social satire, satirist, editorial cartoonist and occasional writer on art. His work ranges from Realism (visual arts), realistic p ...

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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 (then a g ...

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Nicholas Amhurst Nicholas Amhurst (16 October 1697 – 27 April 1742) was an English people, English poet and political writer. Life Amhurst was born at Marden, Kent. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, Merchant Taylors' School, and at St Joh ...

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Henry Fielding Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) was an English writer and magistrate known for the use of humour and satire in his works. His 1749 comic novel ''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'' was a seminal work in the genre. Along wi ...

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Laurence Sterne Laurence Sterne (24 November 1713 – 18 March 1768) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric. He is best known for his comic novels ''The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman'' (1759–1767) and ''A Sentimental Journey Thro ...

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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman ''The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman'', also known as ''Tristram Shandy'', is a humorous novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next sev ...

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The Miseries of Human Life ''The Miseries of Human Life'' was written by 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 catalogued "in excruciati ...

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Ivan Krylov Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (; ; 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 journalist, he only discovered his true genre at the age of ...

(1769–1844,

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Jane Austen Jane Austen ( ; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for #List of works, her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century ...

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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'', ''Crochet Castle'' *

Eaton Stannard Barrett Eaton Stannard Barrett (1786 – 20 March 1820) was an Irish poet and author of political satires. He also wrote a comic novel: ''The Heroine; or, Adventures of a Fair Romance Reader'' (1813). Career Born in County Cork, son of Richard Barre ...

(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/

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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 Bell ...

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Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin (April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and Political philosophy, political philosopher.#britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Wood, 2021 Among the m ...

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Poor Richard's Almanack ''Poor Richard's Almanack'' (sometimes ''Almanac'') was a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders" for this purpose. The publication appeared continually from 1732 to 1758. ...

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Join, or Die ''Join, or Die.'' is a political cartoon showing the disunity in the American colonies, originally in the context of the French and Indian War in 1754. Attributed to Benjamin Franklin, the original publication by ''The Pennsylvania Gazette'' ...

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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 he ...

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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 Ystradfel ...

(1803–1866,

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Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; ; (; () was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright of Ukrainian origin. Gogol used the Grotesque#In literature, grotesque in his writings, for example, in his works "The Nose (Gogol short story), ...

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The Government Inspector ''The Government Inspector'', also known as ''The Inspector General'' (, literally: "Inspector"), is a satirical play by Russian dramatist and novelist Nikolai Gogol. Originally published in 1836, the play was revised for an 1842 edition. Base ...

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Dead Souls ''Dead Souls'' ( , pre-reform spelling: ) 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 adventures of Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov ...

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

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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, popul ...

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: Mour ...

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William Makepeace Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray ( ; 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his Satire, satirical works, particularly his 1847–1848 novel ''Vanity Fair (novel), Vanity Fair'', a panoramic portra ...

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

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and Social criticism, social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by ...

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Hard Times Hard Times may refer to: Literature * ''Hard Times'' (novel), an 1854 novel by Charles Dickens * '' Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression'', a 1970 book by Studs Terkel Film and television * ''Hard Times'' (1915 film), a silen ...

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A Tale of Two Cities ''A Tale of Two Cities'' is a historical novel published in 1859 by English author 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 impr ...

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Eugène Edine Pottier Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".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 to r ...

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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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George Derby George Horatio Derby (April 3, 1823 – May 15, 1861) was an early California humorist. He attended West Point with Ulysses S. Grant. Derby used the pseudonym "John P. Squibob" and its variants "John Phoenix" and "Squibob." Derby served as a l ...

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Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin ( rus, Михаи́л Евгра́фович Салтыко́в-Щедри́н, p=mʲɪxɐˈil jɪvˈɡrafəvʲɪtɕ səltɨˈkof ɕːɪˈdrʲin; – ), born Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov and known during ...

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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, mathematician, photographer and reluctant Anglicanism, Anglican deacon. His most notable works are ''Alice ...

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Alice in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (also known as ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English Children's literature, children's novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics university don, don at the University of Oxford. It details the story of a ...

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Through the Looking Glass ''Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There'' is a novel published in December 1871 by Lewis Carroll, the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a mathematics lecturer at Christ Church, University of Oxford. It was the sequel to h ...

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Erewhon ''Erewhon: or, Over the Range'' () is a utopian novel by English writer Samuel Butler (novelist), Samuel Butler, first published in 1872, set in a fictional country discovered and explored by the protagonist. The book is a satire on Victorian ...

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Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Fau ...

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' is a picaresque novel by American author Mark Twain that was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, th ...

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' is an 1889 historical 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 ...

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 ori ...

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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 fam ...

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Narushima Ryūhoku Narushima Ryūhoku (成島柳北, 1837–1884) was a Japanese author and scholar born in Asakusa. His given name was Korehiro (惟弘). The Narushima family were ''okujusha'' (奥儒者), or Confucian tutors to the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa ' ...

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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 sharp critic of William M. Tweed, "Boss" Tweed and the T ...

(1840–1902, US) *

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 one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the ...

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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.José Maria de Eça de Queirós José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

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Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet, and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential playwright ...

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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, the last of his four drawing-room plays, following ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1892), ''A Woman of No Importance'' (1893) and ''An Ideal Husban ...

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George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 188 ...

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Jerome K. Jerome Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humorist, 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 novel by English writer Jerome K. Jerome describing ...

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Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his b ...

(1860–1904, Russia) – ''

The Lady with the Dog "The Lady with the Dog" () 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 woman that begins while both are vacationing alone in Yalta. I ...

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O. Henry William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer known primarily for his short stories, though he also wrote poetry and non-fiction. His works include "The Gift of the Ma ...

(1862–1910, US) short story writer known for surprise endings, namesake of the O. Henry Award *

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

(1866–1931,

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

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Lakshminath Bezbaroa Lakshminath Bezbarua (; 14 October 1864 - March 26,1938) was an Indian poet, novelist and playwright of modern Assamese literature. Commonly known as the father of the Assamese short story. He was one of the literary stalwarts of the Jonaki Era ...

(1868–1938,

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

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

, also known as H. H. Munro (1870–1916, England) *

Trilussa Carlo Alberto Camillo Mariano SalustriSome biographers as Claudio Rendina report ''Marianum'' as his fourth name (Rendina, p.19) (26 October 1871 – 21 December 1950), known by the pseudonym Trilussa (an anagram of his last name), was an Italia ...

(1873–1950, Italy) *

Alfred Jarry Alfred Jarry (; ; 8 September 1873 – 1 November 1907) was a French Artistic symbol, symbolist writer who is best known for his play ''Ubu Roi'' (1896)'','' often cited as a forerunner of the Dada, Surrealism, Surrealist, and Futurism, Futurist ...

(1873–1907, France) – ''Ubu Roi'' *

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

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Iraj Mirza Prince Iraj Mirza ( Persian: ایرج میرزا, literally ''Prince Iraj''; October 1874 – 14 March 1926), titled Jalāl-ol-Mamālek ( Persian: جلال‌الممالک), was a prominent Iranian poet. He was the son of Prince Gholam-Hossein ...

(ایرج میرزا, 1874–1926,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

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Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

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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 ...

(1879–1935, US) *

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 work ...

(1879–1958, US) *

Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda Allameh Ali-Akbar Dehkhodā (; 1879 – March 9, 1956) was a prominent Iranian literary writer, philologist, and lexicographer. He was the author of the '' Dehkhoda Dictionary'', the most extensive dictionary of the Persian language publis ...

(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, ...

(1880–1956, US) – cultural critic and author *

Arkady Averchenko Arkady Timofeevich Averchenko (; 27 March 1881 – 12 March 1925) was a Russian playwright and satire, satirist. He published his stories in the journal ''Satirikon'', of which he was also an editor, in the series of ''Novyi Satirikon, New Sati ...

(1881–1925, Russia) *

P. G. Wodehouse Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse ( ; 15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English writer and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Je ...

(1881–1975, England/US) *

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 (British magazine), Blast'', the literary magazine of the Vorticists. His ...

(1882–1957, England) *

Jaroslav Hašek Jaroslav Hašek (; 1883–1923) was a Czechs, Czech writer, Humorism, humorist, Satire, satirist, journalist, Bohemianism, bohemian, first anarchist and then communist, and commissar of the Red Army against the Czechoslovak Legion. He is best k ...

(1883–1923,

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military ...

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

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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 appears 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 t ...

(1885–1948,

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Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (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 considered o ...

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The Great Dictator ''The Great Dictator'' is a 1940 American political satire black comedy film written, directed, produced by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. Having been the only Hollywood filmmaker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound f ...

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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, and ...

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

(1890–1935,

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Mikhail Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( ; rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʊlˈɡakəf; – 10 March 1940) was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright. His novel ''The M ...

(1891–1940, Russia/

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Heart of a Dog ''Heart of a Dog'' (, ) is a novella by Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov. A biting satire of Bolshevism, it was written in 1925 at the height of the New Economic Policy, a period during which communism appeared to be relaxing in the Soviet Union. ...

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The Master and Margarita ''The Master and Margarita'' () is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, written in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940. A censored version, with several chapters cut by editors, was published posthumously in ''Moscow (magazine), Moscow'' magazine in ...

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Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet and writer of fiction, plays and screenplays based in New York; she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. Parker ros ...

(1893–1967, US) satirical writer of humorous short stories, poetry and book reviews *

Vladimir Mayakovsky Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky ( – 14 April 1930) was a Russian poet, playwright, artist, and actor. During his early, Russian Revolution, pre-Revolution period leading into 1917, Mayakovsky became renowned as a prominent figure of the Ru ...

(1893–1930, Russia/Soviet Union) *

Aldous Huxley Aldous Leonard Huxley ( ; 26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books, including non-fiction novel, non-fiction works, as well as essays, narratives, and poems. Born into the ...

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Point Counter Point ''Point Counter Point'' is a novel by Aldous Huxley, first published in 1928. It is Huxley's longest novel, and was notably more complex and serious than his earlier fiction. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked ''Point Counter Point'' 44th ...

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Brave New World ''Brave New World'' is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931, and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hier ...

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James Thurber James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961) was an American cartoonist, writer, humorist, journalist, and playwright. He was best known for his gag cartoon, cartoons and short stories, published mainly in ''The New Yorker'' an ...

(1894-1961, US) – "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" *

Mikhail Zoshchenko Mikhail Mikhailovich Zoshchenko (; – 22 July 1958) was a Soviet and Russian writer and satirist. Biography Zoshchenko was born in 1894, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, according to his 1953 autobiography. Other sources suggest that he was born i ...

(1894–1958, Soviet Union) *

Josep Pla Josep Pla i Casadevall (; 8 March 1897 – 23 April 1981) was a Spanish journalist and a popular author. As a journalist he worked in France, Italy, Britain, Germany, and the Soviet Union, from where he wrote political and cultural chronicles i ...

(1897–1981, Spain nowiki/>Catalonia">Catalonia.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Catalonia">nowiki/>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 ''Three Fat Men'' (', "Tri Tolstiaka") is a Russian and Soviet children's story written by Yury Olesha in 1924, published 1928. The book tells the story of a revolution led by the poor against the rich (Fat Men) in a fictional country. This countr ...

Envy Envy is an emotion which occurs when a person lacks another's quality, skill, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it. Envy can also refer to the wish for another person to lack something one already ...

Modern satirists (born 1900–1930)

Stella Gibbons Stella Dorothea Gibbons (5 January 1902 – 19 December 1989) was an English author, journalist, and poet. She established her reputation with her first novel, '' Cold Comfort Farm'' (1932), which has been reprinted many times. Although sh ...

(1902–1989, England) – author of comic novel ''

Cold Comfort Farm ''Cold Comfort Farm'' is a comic novel by English author Stella Gibbons, published in 1932. It parodies the romanticised, sometimes doom-laden accounts of rural life popular at the time, by writers such as Mary Webb. The novel was awarded the ...

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Evelyn Waugh Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (; 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires ''Decli ...

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Brideshead Revisited ''Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder'' is a novel by the English writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1945. It follows, from the 1920s to the early 1940s, the life and romances of Charles Ryder, esp ...

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Decline and Fall ''Decline and Fall'' is the first novel by the English author Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1928. It was Waugh's first published novel; an earlier attempt, titled '' The Temple at Thatch'', was destroyed by Waugh while still in manuscript fo ...

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George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to a ...

(1903–1950, England) – ''

Animal Farm ''Animal Farm'' (originally ''Animal Farm: A Fairy Story'') is a satirical allegorical novella, in the form of a beast fable, by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. It tells the story of a group of anthropomorphic far ...

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Nineteen Eighty-Four ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' (also published as ''1984'') is a dystopian novel and cautionary tale by the English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final completed book. Thematically ...

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Malcolm Muggeridge Thomas Malcolm Muggeridge (24 March 1903 – 14 November 1990) was a conservative British journalist and satirist. His father, H. T. Muggeridge, was a socialist politician and one of the early Labour Party Members of Parliament (for Romford, i ...

(1903–1990, England) *

Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel ( ;"Seuss"
'' The Lorax ''The Lorax'' is a children's literature, children's book written by Dr. Seuss and published in 1971. It chronicles the plight of the Biophysical environment, environment and the Lorax, the main character, who "speaks for the trees" and confront ...

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The Butter Battle Book ''The Butter Battle Book'' is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss and published by Random House on January 12, 1984. It is an anti-war story: specifically, a parable about arms races in general, mutual assured destruction and nuclear weapon ...

'' (1984) * Kurt Kusenberg (1904–1983, Germany) *

Daniil Kharms Daniil Ivanovich Kharms (; – 2 February 1942) was a Russian avant-gardist and absurdist poet, writer and dramatist in the early Soviet era. Early years Kharms was born as Daniil Yuvachev in Saint Petersburg, then the capital of the Ru ...

(1905–1942, Russia/USSR) *

H. F. Ellis Humphry Francis Ellis (17 July 1907 – 8 December 2000) was an English comic writer. He created A. J. Wentworth, the ineffectual schoolmaster whose fictional diaries were first published in the magazine '' Punch''. Life Humphry Francis Ellis was ...

(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'' *

Natyaguru Nurul Momen (25 November 1908 – 16 February 1990) was a Bangladeshi playwright, educator, director, broadcast personality, orator, humorist, dramatist, academician, satirist, belletrist, essayist, columnist, translator and poet.Bangla Natyasha ...

Nurul Momen Nurul Momen (25 November 1908 – 16 February 1990) was a Bangladeshi playwright, educator, director, broadcast personality, orator, humorist, dramatist, academician, satirist, belletrist, essayist, columnist, translator and poet.Bangla Natyasha ...

(1908-1990,

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

) - pioneer satirist & playwright, author of ''We are Brothers All'', ''Lest we Forget'', ''Forbidden Pleasures'', ''Bahurupa'', ''Is Law an Ass'' etc. *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)

*Joey Skaggs (born 1945, US) - artist and media satirist *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 (1934–2023, 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) *Randy Newman (born 1943, US) - Sail Away (Randy Newman album), Sail Away, Good Old Boys (Randy Newman album), Good Old Boys *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 *P. J. O'Rourke, P.J. O'Rourke (1947-2022, US) *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) *Joe Queenan (author), Joe Queenan (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 (comedian), 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'' *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 *Ramchandra Shukla, Dr. Suresh Kumar Mishra 'Uratript' (born 1981, India) – humorist and satirist.

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) *Craposyncrasies (Persian book) *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) *Servant of the People (2015 TV series) — Ukrainian political satire comedy TV series starring Volodymyr Zelensky *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'', a satire of flower power and conservative America.

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 *BuyTigers.com *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 *The Montgonion *National Report *Jeremy Nell (South African cartoonist) *NewsBiscuit *The Onion *Pat Condell *Reductress *ScrappleFace *Sorry Everybody *The Second Supper *The UnReal Times (Indian news satire website) *Uncyclopedia (satirical parody of Wikipedia) *Vote for the Worst

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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

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