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American political cartoonist
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Male
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Birth:
4 September 1875
Death:
8 May 1952
The details
Biography
Introduction
Rollin Kirby (September 4, 1875 in Galva, Illinois – May 8, 1952 in New York, New York) was an American political cartoonist. In 1922 he was chronologically the first winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, an honor that he would receive three times.
Kirby worked as a cartoonist at the New York Mail, New York World and the New York Post. His Pulitzer Prizes were for cartoons "On the Road to Moscow" (1921), "News from the Outside World" (1924), and "Tammany" (1928).
Select works
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"On the Road to Moscow" depicts Death leading victims of the Russian famine of 1921
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Propaganda cartoon used during World War II.
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"Exploding in his Hands" comments on the Zimmermann Telegram
