List of satirists and satires

This is an incomplete list of writers, cartoonists and others known for involvement in satire – humorous social criticism. They are grouped by era and listed by year of birth. Included is a list of modern satires.

Early satirical authors

  • Aesop (c. 620–560 BCE, Ancient Greece) – Aesop's Fables
  • Diogenes (c. 412–600
BCE, Ancient Greece)
  • Aristophanes (c. 448–380 BCE, Ancient Greece) – The Frogs, The Birds, and The Clouds
  • Gaius Lucilius (c. 180–103 BCE, Roman Republic)
  • Horace (65–8 BCE, Roman Republic) – Satires
  • Ovid (43 BCE – 17 CE, Roman Republic/Roman Empire) – The Art of Love
  • Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Hispania/Rome) – Apocolocyntosis
  • Persius (34–62 CE, Roman Empire)
  • Petronius (c. 27–66 CE, Roman Empire) – Satyricon
  • Juvenal (1st to early 2nd cc. CE, Roman Empire) – Satires
  • Lucian (c. 120–180 CE, Roman Empire)
  • Apuleius (c. 123–180 CE, Roman Empire) – The Golden Ass
  • Various authors (9th century CE and later) – One Thousand and One Nights, أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ

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)

In alphabetical order (many birth dates not known):


In modern culture, much satire is often the work of several individuals collectively, as in magazines and television. Hence the following list.

Print

Television and radio

Music

Film

Video games

  • Fallout
  • Fallout 2
  • Fallout 3
  • Fallout: New Vegas
  • Fallout 4
  • Dead Rising (デッドライジング, Deddo Raijingu), a satire on US consumer culture
  • Dead Rising 2: Off the Record (デッドライジング2 オフ・ザ・レコード, Deddo Raijingu 2: Ofu za rekōdo), a satire on US consumer culture
  • Grand Theft Auto[5]
  • Crash: Mind over Mutant[6]

Internet

See also

References

  1. ^ Edward Helmore (14 June 2014). "How John Oliver started a revolution in US TV's political satire | Television & radio". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  2. ^ "'Uratript' – Indore Samachar".
  3. ^ Harper, Adam (December 7, 2012). "Vaporwave and the pop-art of the virtual plaza" (Article). dummymag.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  4. ^ "Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie (2016) - | Related | AllMovie". Retrieved Sep 24, 2020 – via www.allmovie.com.
  5. ^ "Top 10 things you never knew about Grand Theft Auto (because you're not brainy enough)". Tech Digest. December 5, 2006. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
  6. ^ McInnis, Shaun (2008-04-28). "Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant First Look". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2008-04-29. Radical Entertainment reps gave us a description of what to expect from the game's plot, and they were sure to point out their goal of using some social satire you wouldn't expect out of a platforming game. Essentially, Cortex has masterminded the creation of a trendy gizmo that everyone simply has to own (think of the iPod). We're told this theme of consumerism is a frequent source of humor in the game's plot, including jokes about SUVs and the skyrocketing price of gas.