Jules Ralph Feiffer (January 26, 1929 – January 17, 2025) was an American cartoonist and author, who at one time was considered the most widely read satirist in the country. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 for editorial cartooning, and in 2004 he was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame. He wrote the animated short Munro, which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1961. The Library of Congress has recognized his "remarkable legacy", from 1946 to the present, as a cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, adult and children's book author, illustrator, and art instructor.
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Claim to fame | The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)
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Date of birth | 26 January 1929
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Place of birth | The Bronx, NYC, NY, USA
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Date of death | 17 January 2025
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Age | 95 (age at death)
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Occupation | Screenwriter, Playwright, Cartoonist, Author
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Jules Feiffer is known for his role in the TV series Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) as (teleplay) (1 episode, 1985).
He is also known for his role in the TV mini series documentary The Fifties (1997) as Self - Cartoonist.
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