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Full Name: William Safire
Biography:
(1929-2009) Political columnist, novelist. William Safire was born in New York City and died in Rockville, Maryland. He was known as a political columnist for the New York Times from 1973 until 2005. He won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1978.
Author's Timeline:
1929 (Unknown) County
William Safire was born William Safir in New York City in 1929. 
1947 Bronx County
Safire graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1947. 
1947 Onondaga County
Safire attended Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, from 1947 until 1949. 
2009 (Unknown) County
William Safire died in Rockville, Maryland, in 2009. 
1977 (Unknown) County
Full Disclosure
(Pub: Doubleday. ISBN: 0-385-12115-6)
Novel. 
1968 (Unknown) County
The New Language Of Politics
(Pub: Random House. ISBN: )
Nonfiction. 
1975 (Unknown) County
Before The Fall: Inside View Of The Pre-Watergate White House
(Pub: Doubleday. ISBN: )
Memoir. 
1963 (Unknown) County
The Relations Explosion
(Pub: Macmillan. ISBN: )
 
2000 (Unknown) County
Scandalmonger
(Pub: ISBN: 0-684-86719-2)
Novel. 
1964 (Unknown) County
Plunging Into Politics
Nonfiction written with Marshall Loeb. 
1987 (Unknown) County
Freedom: A Novel Of Abraham Lincoln And The Civil War
(Pub: ISBN: 0-385-15903-X)
Novel. 
1995 (Unknown) County
Sleeper Spy
(Pub: ISBN: 0-679-43447-X)
Novel. 
1968 (Unknown) County
Safire's Political Dictionary
(Pub: Random House, New York. ISBN: 0394502612)
Third edition. 
2004 (Unknown) County
The Right Word In The Right Place At The Right Time: Wit And Wisdom From The Popular Language Column In The New York Times Maga
(Pub: ISBN: 0-7432-4244-0)
 
2009 (Unknown) County
William Safire was interred in King David Memorial Garden, Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia.  
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