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David Levine on writers: Elias Canetti

David Levine (1926-2009) was one of America’s most prominent illustrators during a career that spanned decades. No less an authority than Jules Feiffer described him as "the greatest caricaturist of the last half of the 20th century,” although Levine continued to work in the early years of this century as well. Levine’s subjects included himself (above) and people from many walks of life. Authors, scribes and scribblers were a big part of the mix, as these caricatures make clear. 

Lit Toons: Cartoons with a bookish bent

First Lines: John Buchan

I returned from the City about three o'clock on that May afternoon pretty well disgusted with life.

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan

"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on April 2

Hans Christian Andersen  (1805) 
Giacomo Casanova  (1725) 
George MacDonald Fraser  (1925)
Sue Townsend  (1946)
Émile Zola  (1840)
 

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