satirist

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The rest of his career was largely devoted to complicating and enriching the portrait, transforming himself, as his best biographer, James Gindin, observed, from a satirist into a practitioner of the “novel of compassion.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Though she is not a satirist, her gimlet-eyed prose conveys a caustic humor that feels more British than American.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

Mr Poirson-Atlan told the court on Tuesday that he was a "satirist" who had just wished to put forward "a point of view different to that of the mainstream media".

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

“He’s worked as a satirist; he’s written parodies, political thrillers; he’s moved from a fairly earnest modern style to a very lucid, clear style.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2025

Now, he was a satirist, so he left it that way, and my father was, I guess I realized too late, a romantic, so he ended it another way.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman