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- Born
- David McAlister Barry , ( 1947-07-03 ) July 3, 1947 (age 78) , Armonk, New York , U.S.
- Occupation
- Humorist , Author
- Alma mater
- Haverford College ( BA )
- Spouse
- Ann Shelnutt (1969–19?) , Beth Lenox ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1976 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1993 ) , Michelle Kaufman ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1996 )
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- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Armonk
- Occupation
- columnist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Official website
- www.davebarry.com
- Image
- Dave Barry.jpg
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- Dave Barry
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- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
David McAlister Barry (born 3 July 1947) is an American author and columnist who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comic novels and children's novels. Barry's honors include the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary (1988) and the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism (2005).
Barry has defined a sense of humor as "a measurement of the extent to which we realize that we are trapped in a world almost totally devoid of reason. Laughter is how we express the anxiety we feel at this knowledge".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dave Barry” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.