The satirical author Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, known for his acerbic musings about the Tsarist regime, spent several years banished to the city in the 1850s, during which time he worked for the local governor in the building that now functions as the courthouse where Mr Navalny is standing trial.
"I've never met a dachshund I haven't hugged," says the satirical Russian-American author Gary Schteyngart, whose longhaired dachshund Felix is his pride and joy -- and a Twitter and Facebook star in his own right.
(The paper, published in the journal Animal Conservation, earned its authors the satirical but coveted Ig Nobel Prize from the magazine Annals of Improbable Research).
The Gazeteer was filled with satirical letters between such authors as Aristarchus, Tacitus, and T. Trueman, Esq.
Do yourself a favor and google the award winners -- from cookbook authors to satirical journalists, from TV stars to rising stars, from lifetime achievers to who's who-ers, from beloved old restaurants to best new restaurants.
This struggle to compete in a male-dominated industry will be explored with a panel discussion that includes Lisa Zeidner, author of the satirical novel "Love Bomb"; Jeanne Darst, author of the memoir "Fiction Ruined My Family"; and cultural critic Heather Havrilesky ("Disaster Preparedness").
Until the repressive Licensing Act of 1737, he had enjoyed a reputation as the author of satirical burlesques.
This spirited if at times heavy-handed tale shows off its author's satirical gifts and her savvy firsthand knowledge of Fleet Street.
Lodge is well known both as a literary scholar and as the author of satirical campus novels like "Nice Work" and "Small World".
Mr. Burton's movie, written by Seth Grahame-Smith (author of satirical novels like "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies"), riffs on the Barnabas origin story plucked from the soap and "House of Dark Shadows," one of two films the show spawned.
