Art Buchwald

A humor columnist (and social and political commentator), Buchwald found fame in Paris after World War II, and then in Washington D.C. There, writing for the Washington Post, his column was syndicated to as many as 500 newspapers, and won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1982. "The joy of his column was not that it was side-splitting humor," said former Post editor Ben Bradlee, "but that he made you smile." In February, when his doctors told him he was dying, Buchwald went into a hospice -- but came out when his body didn't fail as quickly as doctors predicted. By then news of his health had broken out. "The French ambassador gave me the literary equivalent of the Legion of Honor," Buchwald said. "The National Hospice Association made me man of the year. I never realized dying was so much fun." When he did die, he announced it himself in a video, which he made for the New York Times in July: "Hi! I'm Art Buchwald, and I just died!" He did so January 17 from kidney failure. He was 81. From This is True for 14 January 2007 Suggestions for further reading: The Art of Column Writing: Insider Secrets from Art Buchwald, Dave Barry, Ari... by Suzette Martinez Standring Amazon Price: $12.89 Customer Review: With The Art of Column Writing, Suzette Martinez Standring has kicked a last second field goal to win the Super Bowl or, if you prefer baseball, hit a home run in the bottom of the 9th inning of Game 7 to win the World Series. Drawing ...   Too Soon to Say Goodbye by Art Buchwald Amazon Price: Customer Review: I have been reading Mr. Buchwald's books since the early 60's. This was one of his best works. He was a master of satire even satirizing his own demise. The world is a sadder place because there won't be another book by him.   I'll Always Have Paris by Art Buchwald Amazon Price: $19.00 Customer Review: I never read his columns, so I came to this book without prior affections. It is a string of interesting, sometimes humorous anecdotes with quite a cast of characters, but I did not find it great writing that placed me in Paris. Not very descriptive ...   Stella in Heaven by Art Buchwald Amazon Price: Customer Review: I thought "Stella in Heaven" was such great find--and I only paid a dollar for it!--that I loaned it out to various friends and they passed it around to friends. What a great take on the view from heaven--maybe. I'm actually thinking of ...   Leaving Home by Art Buchwald Amazon Price: Customer Review: O frabjous day when I found this out-of-print edition of Buchwald's 1993 "Leaving Home" in my public library. This laugh-aloud volume is a must-read for anyone like myself who has gone through the horrors of clinical depression and come through the b...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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