satirist
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“Wake me up in a hundred years, ask me what is happening in Russia,” mused Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, a 19th-century satirist, “and I’ll tell you with my usual frankness: We steal, we drink, we make war.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
Because these portrayals are so acute and unsparing, Jhabvala is sometimes described as a satirist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 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
Sir Terry Pratchett must be considered to be a superb satirist, a brilliant, imaginative writer.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 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
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