Difference between revisions of "William Safire"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(→Books: format properly) |
(improving) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | '''William Lewis Safire'''(December 17, 1929 – September 27, 2009) was | + | '''William Lewis Safire'''(December 17, 1929 – September 27, 2009) was a [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning columnist, author, and journalist. |
| − | Safire, a member of the [[Republican]] party and a self-described [[conservative]] [[libertarian]],<ref>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1926424,00.html</ref> was most widely known as | + | Safire, a member of the [[Republican]] party and a self-described [[conservative]]- [[libertarian]],<ref>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1926424,00.html</ref> was most widely known as the [[token conservative]] columnist for the [[New York Times]].<ref>http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/s/william_safire/index.html</ref> |
| + | |||
| + | In 1968 after working in his campaign for President, Safire became a Special Assistant to [[Richard M. Nixon|President Nixon]] and joined a [[White House]] speechwriting team that included [[Patrick J. Buchanan]] and [[Raymond K. Price]]. Mr. Safire wrote many of Nixon's speeches on the economy and Vietnam. | ||
==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
| − | Pulitzer Prize, 1978 <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,556185,00.html</ref> | + | *Pulitzer Prize, 1978 <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,556185,00.html</ref> |
| − | Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2006 <ref>http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/s/william_safire/index.html</ref> | + | *Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2006 <ref>http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/s/william_safire/index.html</ref> |
==Books== | ==Books== | ||
Revision as of 00:45, December 18, 2009
William Lewis Safire(December 17, 1929 – September 27, 2009) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, author, and journalist.
Safire, a member of the Republican party and a self-described conservative- libertarian,[1] was most widely known as the token conservative columnist for the New York Times.[2]
In 1968 after working in his campaign for President, Safire became a Special Assistant to President Nixon and joined a White House speechwriting team that included Patrick J. Buchanan and Raymond K. Price. Mr. Safire wrote many of Nixon's speeches on the economy and Vietnam.
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize, 1978 [3]
- Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2006 [4]
Books
- The Relations Explosion: The Coming Boom and Shakeout in Corporate Relations (1963)
- Before the Fall: An Inside View of the Pre-Watergate White House (1975)
- Full Disclosure (1977, novel)
- Safire's Political Dictionary (1978)
- William Safire on Language (1980)
- Safire's Washington (1980)
- What's the Good Word? (1982)
- I Stand Corrected: More on Language (1984)
- Take My Word for It (1986)
- Freedom: A Novel of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War (1987)
- You Could Look It Up: More on Language from William Safire (1988)
- Fumblerules: A Lighthearted Guide to Grammar and Good Usage (1990)
- Language Maven Strikes Again (1990)
- Coming To Terms (1991)
- The First Dissident: The Book of Job In Today's Politics (1992)
- Old Books Have a Future (1993)
- Quoth the Maven: More on Language from William Safire (1993)
- In Love with Norma Loquendi (1994)
- Sleeper Spy: A Novel of Deception (1995, novel)
- Watching My Language: Adventures in the Word Trade (1997)
- Spread the Word (1999)
- Scandalmonger (2000, novel)
- The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time (2004)[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1926424,00.html
- ↑ http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/s/william_safire/index.html
- ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,556185,00.html
- ↑ http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/s/william_safire/index.html
- ↑ http://www.nndb.com/people/317/000023248/