Art Buchwald

Biography

Arthur Buchwald was a renowned American humorist and writer, best known for his syndicated column on political satire and commentary at The Washington Post, which reached a nationwide audience in over 500 newspapers. Born in New York City to an Austrian-Hungarian Jewish immigrant family in 1925, he began writing as a paid journalist in Paris after World War II. Buchwald received the Pulitzer Prize in 1982 for his Outstanding Commentary and was later elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.