Don Wright

Don Wright

Donald Conway "Don" Wright (born January 23, 1934 in Los Angeles, California) is an American editorial cartoonist.

He began his newspaper career as a photographer and photo editor, switching to editorial cartooning in 1963. He worked for "The Miami News" until it ceased publication in 1988, and has worked at "The Palm Beach Post" since then. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1966 and 1980 and the National Cartoonist Society Editorial Cartoon Award for 1985. He has also won the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Distinguished Service in Journalism twice, the Inter American Press Award three times, the Overseas Press Club Award five times, the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Journalism Award twice, the National Headliner Award and the Best of Cox Award twice.

His cartoons have been published in three books.

References

* [http://www.tmsfeatures.com/bio/don-wright/25620509.html Brief biography of Don Wright] - URL retrieved August 9 2008

External links

* [http://www.reuben.org/ncs/awards.asp NCS Awards]
* [http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/index.html Don Wright at The Palm Beach Post]


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