David McAlister Barry (born July 3, 1947) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer and columnist who writes a national-syndicated column of humor for Miami Herald 1983-2005. He also wrote many humor and parody books, as well as comic novels.
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Early life and education
Barry was born in Armonk, New York, where his father, David, was a Presbyterian minister. He was educated at Wampus Elementary School, Harold C. Crittenden Junior High School (both at Armonk), and Pleasantville High School, where he was elected "Class Clown" in 1965. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Haverford College in 1969.
As an alumnus of a university affiliated with Quaker, he avoided military service during the Vietnam War by registering as a conscientious religious figure. Regardless of his father's call, Barry decides "from the beginning" that he is an atheist. He said, "The problem with writing about religion is that you risk offending genuine religious people, and then they come after you with a machete."
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Writing career
Barry began his journalism career in 1971, working as a public assignment reporter for Daily Local News in West Chester, Pennsylvania, near his alma mater, Haverford College. He covered local government and civil events and was promoted to City Editor after about two years. He also began writing a weekly humor column for papers and began to develop his unique style. He remained in the paper until 1974. He then worked briefly as a copy editor at the Philadelphia Associated Press bureau before joining Burger Associates, a consulting firm.
At Burger, he teaches effective writing to business people. In his own words, he "spent almost eight years trying to get various business people to... stop writing things like 'Attached, please find closed attachments,' but... finally realized that was hopeless.
In 1981 he wrote a funny guest column, about watching the birth of his son, at the Philadelphia Inquirer, which drew the attention of Gene Weingarten, then an editor from Miami Herald '/Tropical Weekly I Tropic . Weingarten hired Barry as a humorist columnist in 1983. Barry's column is nationally syndicated. Barry won the Pulitzer Prize for Comments in 1988 because "his consistent use of humor is effective as a tool for presenting new insights into serious problems."
Barry's first novel, Big Trouble was published in 1999. The book was adapted into a film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starring Tim Allen, Rene Russo, and Patrick Warburton, with a cameo by Barry (removed in post production). The film was originally to be released in September 2001 but was postponed after the September 11, 2001, attacks because the story involved smuggling nuclear weapons onto aircraft. The film was released in April 2002.
In response to the column in which Barry mocked the cities of Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, Minnesota, to call themselves "Big Cities", Grand Forks named sewage pumping stations after Barry in January 2002. Barry went to Grand Forks for a dedication ceremony.
Articles written by Barry have appeared in publications such as Boating , Home Office Computing , and Reader's Digest , in addition to Chicken Soup for the Soul series of inspirational books. Two articles have been included in the series Best American Sportswriting . One of his columns is used as an introduction to the book Pirattitude!: So You Want To Be a Pirate? Here's How! (ISBNÃ, 0-451-21649-0), a follow-up to Barry's role in publicizing International Talk Like a Pirate Day. His books often appear on the New York Times Best Seller List.
On October 31, 2004, Barry announced that he would take unlimited leave at least one year from his weekly column to spend more time with his family. In December 2005, Barry said in an interview with Editor and Publisher that he would not be continuing his weekly column, although he would continue to feature features such as his annual prize guide, his in-review year feature, and his blog, as well as occasional articles or columns.
In 2005, Barry won the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.
On Sunday, September 22, 2013, the opening evening of the 15th Annual Fall for the Fairfax, Virginia Festival book, was awarded the highest award of the event, Fairfax Prize, in honor of outstanding literary achievements, presented by the Fairfax Library Foundation.
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From 1993 to 1997, CBS broadcast sitcoms by Dave Barry Turns 40 and Dave Barry's Greatest Hits. The show starred by Harry Anderson as Barry and DeLane Matthews as his wife, Beth. In the early episode, Barry appeared in the cameo role. After four seasons, the program was canceled immediately after being moved from Monday to "Friday night death slot".
Music
During college, Barry was in a band called Federal Duck. While in Miami Herald, he and some of his colleagues created a band called Urban Professionals, with Barry leading the guitar and vocals. They performed an original song called "The Tupperware Song" at Tupperware headquarters in Orlando, Florida.
Beginning in 1992, Barry played the main guitar in Rock Bottom Remainders, a rock band made up of published authors. (Remainder is a publishing term for a book that is not for sale.) The band was founded by Barry's sister-in-law, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, for the American Booksellers Association convention, and also includes Stephen King, Amy Tan, Ridley Pearson, Scott Turow, Mitch Albom, Roy Blount, Jr., Barbara Kingsolver, Matt Groening, and brother Barry, Sam, among others. The band members "are not skilled in music, but they are very loud," according to Barry. Some of the top musicians, including Al Kooper, Warren Zevon, and Roger McGuinn, have performed with the band, and Bruce Springsteen sits at least once. The band's road tour generated the Mid-Life Confidential book: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and Attitudes . The Rock Bottom Remainders are dissolved in 2012 after Goldmark's death from breast cancer. They have reunited at least a few times, performing at the Tucson Festival in 2016 and 2018.
Other activities
Starting in 1984, Barry and Tropic editors Gene Weingarten and Tom Shroder have organized Tropic Hunt (now Herald Hunt), an annual puzzlehunt in Miami. A Washington, D.C., spinoff, Post Hunt, began in 2008.
Barry has run several counterfeit campaigns for the President of the United States, running on a libertarian platform. He also writes for the national bulletin of the Libertarian Party.
Barry Books Adaptation Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys was released in 2005; it's aired in several film festivals and is available on DVD.
Style
Barry has defined a sense of humor as "the measure of the extent to which we realize that we are trapped in a world almost for no reason." Laughter is how we express the anxiety we feel in this knowledge.
Personal life
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