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Jonathan Swift
1667 – 1745
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryJonathan Swift was an Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. He was the author of the satirical prose novel Gulliver's Travels (1726) and the creator of the fictional island of Lilliput. He is regarded by many as the greatest satirist of the Georgian era and one of the foremost prose authors in the history of English and world literature.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
November 30, 1667
Dublin
Date of death
October 19, 1745
Dublin
Citizenship
Kingdom of Ireland · Ireland
Occupations & fields
poetnovelistsatiristphilosopherhuman rights defenderpamphleteer
Notable works
Gulliver's TravelsA Modest ProposalA Tale of a Tub
- Field and occupation
- írsky spisovateľ, satirik a autor
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