Paul Szep
He was the chief editorial cartoonist at the Boston Globe from 1967 to 2001 and has been syndicated to hundreds of newspapers worldwide. He won the Pulitzer Prize twice for Editorial Cartooning in 1974 and 1977. Szep also won the prestigious international Thomas Nast Prize (1983).
Paul Szep
- Birth Name
- Paul Michael Szep
- Born
- 29 July 1941
- Birthplace
- Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Nationality
- United States · Canada
- Occupation
- cartoonist · journalist · caricaturist
- Education
- OCAD University
- Honours
- Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning · National Cartoonists Society Division Sports Cartoons Award
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The Society of Professional Journalists/Sigma Delta Chi (SDX) honored him twice with its Distinguished Service Award for Editorial Cartooning (1973 and 1976). He won the National Headliner Award in 1977 and the National Cartoonists Society's Editorial Cartoonist of the year (1978). He has written more than a dozen books. Paul Szep was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Szep is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art. He first started cartooning at the Financial Post newspaper in Canada. Szep was a strong opponent of the Vietnam War and his cartoons on Edward King, the governor of Massachusetts, resulted in his being sued for libel. In 1987, a court dismissed King's suit. His work is currently syndicated by Creators Syndicate. Jason Szep, formerly Southeast Asia Bureau Chief at Reuters, is now U.S. National Affairs Editor for Reuters, based in Washington. He was profiled in a 1975 Dewar's White Label print advertisement. In 2010, a putter discarded by Szep and sold at a discount golf store was bought for $39 by Jim Furyk, who won the $11 million FedEx Cup tournament with it.
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• Birth Name — Paul Michael Szep • Born — 29 July 1941 • Birthplace — Hamilton, Ontario, Canada • Cartoonist — Y • Nonus — Y
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Paul Szep appears in the authority records of the Getty Union List of Artist Names as a cartoonist (born 1941). Paul Szep was born in 1941.
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Paul Szep is recorded as having received Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning and National Cartoonists Society Division Sports Cartoons Award. Recognition and collections. Szep received Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning and National Cartoonists Society Division Sports Cartoons Award.
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1941
Paul Szep born at Hamilton.
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