Paul Szep, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Paul Szep

cartoonist

Date of Birth: 29-Jul-1941

Place of Birth: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Profession: cartoonist, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Paul Szep

  • Paul Michael Szep (born July 29, 1941) is a political cartoonist.
  • He was the chief editorial cartoonist at the Boston Globe from 1967–2001 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).
  • 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. 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.
  • Although born in Canada, he is a naturalized U.S.
  • citizen. 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.
  • He has a daughter Amy (artist, born 1967).
  • His son, Jason Szep (born 1969), a Reuters journalist, also won a Sigma Delta Chi Award (2007) and a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (2014).
  • Jason Szep, formerly Southeast Asia Bureau Chief at Reuters, is now U.S.
  • National Affairs Editor for Reuters, based in Washington. 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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