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. 412–323 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):

Notable satires in contemporary popular culture

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.