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  Art Buchwald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arthur "Art" Buchwald (born October 20, 1925) is an American humorist best known for his long-running column in The Washington Post newspaper, which concentrates on political satire and commentary.
Art Buchwald is the son of Joseph Buchwald, a curtain manufacturer, and has three sisters Alice, Edith and Doris.
Buchwald was later interviewed with Miles O'Brien of CNN in a segment aired on March 31, 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Art_Buchwald   (1224 words)

  
 biography -- Art Buchwald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Buchwald was the son of immigrant parents and of Jewish German-Hungarian descent.
Art was the son of immigrant parents and of Jewish German-Hungarian descent.
Art was born in Mt. Vernon, New York, in 1925.
histclo.com /bio/b/bio-bucha.html   (363 words)

  
 AP Interview: Buchwald can wait for heaven - Boston.com
Pulitzer Price-winning columnist Art Buchwald is seen at a hospice in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2006.
Buchwald, 80, made plans to leave his hospice for the island July 1 after his doctor said he was unlikely to die right away.
Buchwald said he'll spend the summer with his son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren, and is pleased that Simon, who lives on the island, has agreed to "sing for me while I'm still alive."
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2006/05/24/ap_interview_buchwald_can_wait_for_heaven   (731 words)

  
 A visit with Art Buchwald in his final days
His daughter, Jennifer Buchwald, lives in Massachusetts not far from me. She and I are new friends and now she stays close by her father in hospice.
Art, in a blue and white striped golf shirt and blue sweat pants, wore a fl tennis shoe on his left foot.
Buchwald's number is coming up, and he wants to meet his fate squarely, sans any extraordinary means of delay, thank you very much.
www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/media/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002115692   (1724 words)

  
 Art Buchwald: Misfit With a Mission - Heather B. Hayes
Art Buchwald's columns are zany, irreverent, off the wall, And, of course, and fun.
To look at him, Buchwald seems a cherubic elfin, all chuckles and chutzpah, and, indeed, for forty years now he's been society's unofficial prankster, with a pocket full of incriminating notes to pin on the backside of the Establishment.
This makes number twenty-nine for Buchwald, who won a Pulitzer Prize for outstanding commentary back in 1982; most of his books are biennial collections of his columns, which now appear in more than 550 newspapers around the world.
www.worldandi.com /specialreport/1992/april/Sa19913.htm   (283 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Satirist loves art of dying
Buchwald said losing it was "very traumatic" and that it probably influenced the decision to reject dialysis for his kidney failure.
After the war, Buchwald was managing editor of the humor magazine at the University of Southern California and a columnist for the student newspaper.
Buchwald, who has been public about bouts with depression, said he is anything but depressed these days.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635197048,00.html   (899 words)

  
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 CNN.com - Transcripts
Buchwald whether he would consider returning to France, where his column was born long ago.
BUCHWALD: Well, the thing about it is after we get the place together again, which is not going to be hard; rebuild it, which is not going to be hard, we are going to have to fight them to stop making dope.
NOVAK: Art Buchwald, in a column this year you revealed that your son Joel is a Democrat, even though it was -- you'd been solicited for a contribution by the Republican Party.
edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0112/22/en.00.html   (2664 words)

  
 Washington's Hottest Salon Is a Deathbed - New York Times
Buchwald because we are acquaintances — has lived a storied life, cutting a swath through postwar Paris, where he wined with Taylor (Elizabeth) and dined with Bergman (Ingrid), then returned to the United States to write a column that won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1982.
Art, Mike Wallace and William Styron are a legendary trio on the Vineyard.
Art wanted to know the latest from Hollywood, about the private investigator Anthony Pellicano and how the federal investigation against him was going.
www.nytimes.com /2006/03/26/fashion/sundaystyles/26art.html?ex=1301029200&en=f1eb84cedc285730&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss   (1143 words)

  
 Art Buchwald - Political Humorist and Pulitzer Prize Winner
Art Buchwald is one of America’s great political humorists.
Art Buchwald was born in Queens, New York.
An award-winning writer, Buchwald won a Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Commentary in 1982, and in 1987, was inducted into the Academy of Arts and Letters.
www.speakersla.com /noor/buchwald.htm   (287 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Art Buchwald Reflects on Life and Laughter -- March 31, 2006
In the '90s, Buchwald published two memoirs, one on his Paris years, another on his early life and the trauma of never knowing his mother, who was institutionalized in a psychiatric facility soon after Buchwald's birth.
ART BUCHWALD: Yes, I'm not on the side of, I don't know, the reader, but I'm on the side of good against evil.
ART BUCHWALD: Yes, so it's going to be a beautiful ceremony, and it could be a very hot ticket.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june06/buckwald_3-28.html   (1500 words)

  
 Art Buchwald - Penguin Group (New Zealand) Authors - Penguin Group (New Zealand)
Art Buchwald was born in Mt. Vernon, New York, in 1925, and spent his childhood in a series of foster homes.
On his return to civilian life, Buchwald enrolled at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he was managing editor of the campus humor magazine.
Buchwald was hired, and in 1951 he started another column, "Mostly About People," featuring interviews with celebrities in Paris.
www.penguin.co.nz /nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000005556,00.html   (333 words)

  
 CNN Transcript - Evans, Novak, Hunt & Shields: What Does Art Buchwald Have to Say About 2000? - December 30, 2000
BUCHWALD: Well, the thing that threw me for a ride was that the Republicans were rooting for Bush to win the election, and the stock market went flying high based on them looking for Bush to win.
Buchwald, you mentioned Hillary Clinton, and she is still a factor in this country, a major political factor...
Buchwald, we have to take another break for commercials, and when we come back, we will have the big question for Art Buchwald, in a moment.
edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0012/30/en.00.html   (3202 words)

  
 Art Buchwald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It may be mere coincidence (although we doubt that he thinks so), but on October 20, 1925, political humorist Art Buchwald was born in Mount Vernon, New York, home of the nation's first president.
In 1952, the New York-based Tribune decided to syndicate Buchwald's column nationally, which by then was being published all throughout Europe, as well as in Paris.
Buchwald once said, "If you attack the establishment long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of it" and "People are broad-minded.
amsaw.org /amsaw-ithappenedinhistory-102003-buchwald.html   (789 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Art Buchwald lives on, and that's reason to smile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Buchwald checked into the hospice Feb. 7 after he chose to quit life-prolonging kidney dialysis.
He is far from done, however, with embracing friends new and old, with making wisecracks, or — after a half-century of writing more than 8,000 newspaper columns and 30 books — with whacking his favorite targets, politicians and self-righteous folks of every faith and stripe.
Buchwald is well aware that it's easier to be a model of dying with good cheer if you have what many do not: access to excellent care and the resources to pay for it; supportive and loving family and friends; a bed at a place where visitors are welcome 24/7.
www.usatoday.com /life/people/2006-03-29-buchwald_x.htm   (823 words)

  
 Tribune Media Services International | Byline
Art Buchwald, son of a curtain manufacturer, was born in 1925 in Mt. Vernon, N.Y. He grew up in Hollis, N.Y., a residential community of the Queens Borough of New York City.
On one occasion Buchwald made a three-week trip to the Soviet Union in a limousine driven by a uniformed chauffeur.
Buchwald was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Outstanding Commentary in 1982 and in 1986 was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
www.tmsfeatures.com /tmsfeatures/byline.jsp?custid=67&bylineid=35   (630 words)

  
 Alibris: Art Buchwald
In 1948, when he was 22, Art Buchwald left Queens for Paris, where he became a restaurant and nightclub reviewer for the "New York Herald Tribune"--a move that launched his career.
Art Buchwald, renowned chronicler of lame-duck chief executives, has collected all the good news and the bad news of the last several years--at least what he remembers of it.
Buchwald's column is syndicated in more than 550 newspapers throughout the country and is read and enjoyed by millions.
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Art_Buchwald   (625 words)

  
 Embassy of France in the US - France/United States/Art Buchwald’s Birthday Party
Tonight is one of them, and for one good reason: Art Buchwald’s party has drawn a crowd of hundreds to La Maison Française, and yet we still feel like we’re “en famille”.
You chose La Maison Française to celebrate Art Buchwald and there could not have been a better choice: For a man who, as he has rightly written, “will always have Paris,” it’s only fair and the least we could do to transform La Maison Française into his house tonight.
To me, Art, you are sort of a colleague: Through your columns and your books, you have served time and time again as an Ambassador of France to the United States, explaining my country to your fellow citizens with accuracy, humor and affection.
www.ambafrance-us.org /news/statmnts/2005/buchwald_party092805.asp   (457 words)

  
 We’ll Laugh Again, Says Art Buchwald in Return to USC
But Buchwald, 76, drew chuckles when asked about his years as a liberal arts student at USC from 1945 to 1948.
Buchwald also drew laughs when he told how he got his first newspaper job in Paris, at the European edition of the New York Herald Tribune.
Buchwald won a Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Commentary in 1982.
www.usc.edu /uscnews/stories/7442.html   (294 words)

  
 Buchwald, Art on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
ART BUCHWALD, ALAIN BERNHEIM AND PARAMOUNT PICTURES ANNOUNCED TODAY THEY HAVE SETTLED THEIR LITIGATI...
BUCHWALD, ART [Buchwald, Art], 1925-, American humorist, b.
Paramount appeals Buchwald case verdict - after wait of two years.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Buchwald.asp   (278 words)

  
 Blogcritics.org: Thank You, Art Buchwald, For All Your Good Work
The first good journalist is Arthur "Art" Buchwald, 80, who has been in the news because he will probably die by the end of the year.
Buchwald's genius was taking on serious topics in a way that made the reader both laugh and think.
It mentioned that Buchwald, William Styron and Mike Wallace are known by friends as the Blues Brothers since each had a public fight with depression.
blogcritics.org /archives/2006/03/27/145114.php   (1508 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Art Buchwald (Journalism And Publishing, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Art Buchwald[buk´wOld, book´–] Pronunciation Key, 1925–;, American humorist, b.
He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for outstanding commentary in 1982.
Buchwald's columns have been collected in more than 30 anthologies.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Buchwald.html   (257 words)

  
 Art Buchwald, determined to laugh last - Other top stories - MSNBC.com
April 5: NBC's Tom Brokaw talks to legendary humorist Art Buchwald, who is dying at the age of 80, in a hospice.
NEW YORK - Art Buchwald, 80, the celebrated humorist and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, stunned friends and family at the beginning of February when he announced he was checking into a hospice to die rather than continue treatments for a fatal kidney disease.
Buchwald’s life began as a foster child, shuttled from family to family in New York.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/12172945/from/RSS   (613 words)

  
 Copyright © 2003 by The Voice of Prophecy
And Buchwald protested: “For crying out loud, Harry, I’ve gotta study for an English test this weekend.” “But this is important.” Twelve hours later, he was sitting in the Oval Office, helping Harry Truman deal with the burgeoning Soviet threat.
As usual, Art had the answer, and Nikita Khrushchev, eyeball to eyeball with an American naval blockade, was the first one to blink.
And it’s no surprise that Art Buchwald was the infamous “Deep Throat” newspaper source who quietly helped Woodward and Bernstein bring down a Presidency in the Watergate scandal.
www.vop.com /previous_broadcasts/2004/july/04273.htm   (1335 words)

  
 Northwest Indiana News: nwitimes.com
After writing in Wednesday's column about 80-year-old writer and columnist Art Buchwald being ill and now staying at Washington Home and Hospice, I received a huge response of e-mails and telephone calls from friends and readers from around the country asking for more details or how they can send along their thoughts and prayers.
Art introduced himself to my girlfriend, of course, despite having a very good-looking date of his own.
Bob Koehler, Buchwald's editor at Tribune Media Services, which distributes his column, said compared to the more than 500 newspapers that once carried his column, Art is now featured in about 50 newspapers, with "The Washington Post" continuing as his longtime flagship newspaper base.
www.thetimesonline.com /articles/2006/03/30/columnists/offbeat/fa5a5a7ebfeff6fc8625714100118129.txt   (486 words)

  
 CNN.com - Writer Art Buchwald released from hospital - July 20, 2000
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist Art Buchwald was released from the hospital Wednesday and was transferred to a rehabilitation center, where he will work to recover from a recent stroke.
Family members declined to disclose where Buchwald, 74, would undergo rehabilitation, except to say it would be in the Washington area.
Buchwald, known as a political satirist, was hospitalized at the Georgetown University Medical Center on June 16.
archives.cnn.com /2000/books/news/07/20/buchwald.stroke.ap   (447 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Writer Art Buchwald has leg amputated   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Columnist and novelist Art Buchwald, 80, is in a Washington area hospice with an amputated leg, an assistant said Thursday.
She added that it was not connected with a kidney problem, which was less severe than expected, and that Buchwald was not undergoing dialysis.
He won a Pulitzer prize for commentary in 1982 and his 80th birthday was celebrated last fall at the French Embassy in Washington.
www.usatoday.com /life/people/2006-02-16-buchwald_x.htm   (192 words)

  
 Finger to the Wind   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
So Art Buchwald dies and the first person he runs into is Richard Nixon.
So Art Buchwald dies and the denizens of the White House and all the suites of power heave a collective sigh of relief.
Even with Buchwald out of the picture, satire blossoms along the Potomac and floods into the oceans with the shrinking glaciers and muddles through the muddle of EPA and FCC and FDA.
www.fingertothewind.com   (434 words)

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