born Oct. 20, 1925, Mt. Vernon, N.Y., U.S.
U.S. humour writer and columnist.
Buchwald moved to Paris in 1948. His popular original column
reviews of the city's nightlife for the International Herald Tribune
increasingly included offbeat spoofs and candid comments from celebrities. After moving in 1961 to Washington, D.C., he began poking fun at issues in the news, soon becoming established as one of the sharpest satirists of American politics and modern life. His widely syndicated work won a Pulitzer Prize in 1982. His books include numerous collections of columns and the memoir I'll Always Have Paris (1996).