| William Safire  AKA William L. Safire
Born: 17-Dec-1929
Birthplace: New York City
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Columnist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: NYT columnist and language maven Military service: US Army Father: Oliver Craus Safire (d.)
Mother: Ida Panish
Brother: Leonard
Wife: Helene Belmar Julius (m. 16-Dec-1962)
Son: Mark Lindsey
Daughter: Annabel Victoria
High School: Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY (1947)
University: Syracuse University (1951, probably dropped out)
The New York Times Columnist, On Language (1979-)
The New York Times OpEd Column (1973-2005)
The New York Herald Tribune Columnist
Gridiron Club 2000
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary 1978
Roast: William Safire (1998)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Trials of Henry Kissinger (14-Jun-2002) Himself
Author of books:
The Relations Explosion: The Coming Boom and Shakeout in Corporate Relations (1963)
Before the Fall: An Inside View of the Pre-Watergate White House (1975)
Full Disclosure (1977, novel)
Safire's Political Dictionary (1978)
William Safire on Language (1980)
Safire's Washington (1980)
What's the Good Word? (1982)
I Stand Corrected: More on Language (1984)
Take My Word for It (1986)
Freedom: A Novel of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War (1987)
You Could Look It Up: More on Language from William Safire (1988)
Fumblerules: A Lighthearted Guide to Grammar and Good Usage (1990)
Language Maven Strikes Again (1990)
Coming To Terms (1991)
The First Dissident: The Book of Job In Today's Politics (1992)
Old Books Have a Future (1993)
Quoth the Maven: More on Language from William Safire (1993)
In Love with Norma Loquendi (1994)
Sleeper Spy: A Novel of Deception (1995, novel)
Watching My Language: Adventures in the Word Trade (1997)
Spread the Word (1999)
Scandalmonger (2000, novel)
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time (2004)
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