Jonathan Swift

Irish writer. He was born in 1667 and died in 1745. He studied at the University of Dublin, receiving a doctorate in theology in 1694. Always observing the major political currents of the time, he published his first intervention pamphlet in 1701. Becoming increasingly attracted to politics, he became an advisor listened to by everyone and actively engaged in foreign policy. In 1713, he was appointed Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. His work is vast, including intervention texts, satires, fiction and poems, including A Tale of the Tub (1704), The Public Spirit of the Whigs (1714), Drapier's Letters (1724-1725) and Gulliver's Travels (1726).