Don Wright

Don Conway Wright (January 23, 1934 – March 24, 2024) was an American editorial cartoonist. He was the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, having received one in 1966 and a second in 1980.

Biography Don Conway Wright was born on January 23, 1934, in Los Angeles, California. When he was a child Wright and his family moved across the United States, to Florida. Wright graduated from Miami Edison High School in 1952. He had a job as a copyboy at the Miami News, from 1952 to 1956, which gave Wright his avid interest in cartoons.

Wright died in West Palm Beach, Florida on March 24, 2024, at the age of 90.

Career While the Miami News refused to give Wright a job in the art department, in case he was drafted in the war, the newspaper did give him a job as a photographer. Shortly after, Wright was drafted and served in the U.S. Army as a photographer, before returning to the Miami News as its graphics editor in 1958. Wright would toss his keys on his desk when he came in each evening. When Wright would leave his office for lunch or the restroom, they would slip an extra key on the keyring. After a while, the keyring grew so heavy that Wright swore and exclaimed, "What the hell! I don't even know what some of these keys are for!".

Books His cartoons have been published in at least two books: Wright On! A Collection of Political Cartoons (1971) and Wright Side Up (1981). He won the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Distinguished Service in Journalism twice.