Biography
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift".
Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729). He is regarded by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language. He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms—such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M. B. Drapier—or anonymously. He was a master of two styles of satire, the Horatian and Juvenalian styles.
His deadpan, ironic writing style, particularly in A Modest Proposal, has led to such satire being subsequently termed "Swiftian".
Filmography
all 23
Movies 21
Writer 18
TV Shows 2
Creator 1
Gulliver Returns (2021)
Butcher Boys (2013)
Gulliver's Travels (2010)
Gulliver's Travels (1996)
Keroppi in The Adventures of Gulliver (1993)
Castle in the Sky (1986)
Gulliver's Travels (1983)
Gulliver in Lilliput (1982)
Gulliver in the Country of Giants (1980)
Gulliver's Travels (1979)
Gulliver (1979)
Directions to Servants (1978)
Gulliver's Travels (1977)
Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970)
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon (1965)
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
Gulliver's Travels (1939)
The New Gulliver (1935)
Gulliver Mickey (1934)
The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants (1914)
Monsieur Clown Among the Lilliputians (1909)
Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (1902)
Crayola Kids Adventures: Tales of Gulliver's Travels
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GenderMale
Birthday1667-11-30
Deathday1745-10-19 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceDublin, Republic of Ireland
ReligionAnglicanism
Height
SpouseEsther Johnson
FatherJonathan Swift
MotherAbigail Erick
SiblingsJane Swift
CitizenshipsRepublic of Ireland, Kingdom of Ireland
ResidencesWhitehaven, United Kingdom
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