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Don Conway Wright (January 23, – March 24, ) was an American editorial cartoonist.

He is the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, having received one in and one in When he was a child Wright and his family moved, across the United States, to Florida. Wright graduated from Miami Edison High School in A job as a copyboy at the Miami News, from to , gave Wright his avid interest in cartoons. Career more less 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 the job of photographer.

Shortly after, Wright was drafted and served in the U. Army as a photographer, before returning to the Miami News as its graphics editor in Shortly after rejoining the Miami News, Wright resigned.

Donald Conway Wright, American editorial cartoonist.

Not wishing to lose Wright, the Miami News offered to publish some of his cartoons. By , Wright's editorial cartoons, on local issues, were regular features on the newspaper's editorial page. He worked for The Miami News until it ceased publication in