Doug Marlette
Doug Marlette (born December 6, 1949 in Greensboro , North Carolina , † July 10, 2007 in Holly Springs , Mississippi ) was an American cartoonist and writer .
He graduated from Florida State University. He and his wife Melinda lived mainly in Tulsa , Oklahoma and Hillsborough , North Carolina. He died in a car accident near Holly Springs, Mississippi.
cartoonist
He has worked for the following newspapers: The Charlotte Observer (1972–1987), The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (1987–1989), New York Newsday (1989–2002), The Tallahassee Democrat (2002–2006), and Tulsa World (2006 -2007).
He wrote and drew the comic Kudzu published in various American newspapers , which he published for the first time in 1981 . Marlette worked with Bland Simpson and Jack Herrick of the Red Clay Ramblers and turned the comic into the musical of the same name, Kudzu, A Southern Musical .
He has won all of the prestigious cartoonist awards in the United States , including the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning (1988), the National Headliner Award for Caricature Outstanding Consistently (three times), the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for Caricature (twice), and First Prize in the John Fischetti Memorial Cartoon Competition (twice). He was the first and only cartoonist to receive the Harvard University Nieman Fellowship .
His character Kudzu and other caricatures were published in 19 volumes.
author
- 1991: In Your Face: A Cartoonist at Work (non-fiction book)
- 2001: The Bridge (novel)
- 2006: Magic Time (novel). Farras, Straus and Giroux, New York City 2006, ISBN 978-0-374-20001-5 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marlette, Doug |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cartoonist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greensboro , North Carolina |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 2007 |
| Place of death | at Holly Springs , Mississippi |