- Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
| Born: | 30 November 1667 Comment | | When did Jonathan Swift die? / Died | 19 October 1745 | | How many years did Jonathan Swift live? / Lived | 77 years | | Zodiac sign: | Sagittarius |
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Jonathan Swift facts
- Swift is remembered for works such as Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, Drapier's Letters, The Battle of the Books, An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity and A Tale of a Tub
- He is regarded by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry
- He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms – such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, Drapier's Letters as MB Drapier – or anonymously
- He is also known for being 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"
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