birth_place image_size nationality name cartoonist birth_date nonus article_title birth_name
hamilton , ontario , canada 150 canadian paul szep y 29 july 1941 y paul szep
 paul michael szep
paul szep

paul michael szep -lrb- born july 29 , 1941 in hamilton , ontario , canada -rrb- is a political cartoonist .
he was the chief editorial cartoonist at the `` boston globe '' from 1967 -- 2001 and has been syndicated to hundreds of newspapers worldwide .
he won the pulitzer prize twice for editorial cartooning in 1974 and 1977 .
szep also won the prestigious international thomas nast prize -lrb- 1983 -rrb- .
the society of professional journalists/sigma delta chi -lrb- sdx -rrb- honored him twice with its distinguished service award for editorial cartooning -lrb- 1973 and 1976 -rrb- .
he won the national headliner award in 1977 and the national cartoonists society 's editorial cartoonist of the year -lrb- 1978 -rrb- .
he has written more than a dozen books .
szep is a graduate of the ontario college of art .
he first started cartooning at the financial post newspaper in canada .
although born in canada , he is a naturalized u.s. citizen .
szep was a strong opponent of the vietnam war and his cartoons on edward king , the governor of massachusetts , resulted in his being sued for libel .
in 1987 , a court dismissed king 's suit .
his work is currently syndicated by creators syndicate .
he has a daughter amy -lrb- artist , born 1967 -rrb- .
his son , jason szep -lrb- born 1969 -rrb- , a reuters journalist , also won a sigma delta chi award -lrb- 2007 -rrb- and a pulitzer prize for international reporting -lrb- 2014 -rrb- .
jason szep , formerly southeast asia bureau chief at reuters , is now international affairs editor for reuters , based in washington .
in 2010 , a putter discarded by szep and sold at a discount golf store was bought for $ 39 by jim furyk , who won the $ 11 million fedex cup tournament with it .
