Esquire (magazine)
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Cover of an issue of Esquire magazine. |
Esquire is a
magazine for
men owned by the
Hearst Corporation.The magazine was founded in
1933 and flourished during the depression under the guidance of founder and editor
Arnold Gingrich. Although the magazine began as a racy publication for men, it soon transformed itself into a more refined periodical, becoming well-known for its emphasis on men's fashion and frequent contributions by literary giants such as
Ernest Hemingway and
F. Scott Fitzgerald. In the
1940s, the magazine's popularity increased, partly due to its coverage of the famous
Vargas Girls. In the
1960s,
Esquire helped pioneer the trend of
New Journalism by publishing such writers as
Tom Wolfe,
Gay Talese,
Norman Mailer,
John Sack and
Tim O'Brien.
For many years,
Esquire has published its annual
Dubious Achievement Awards, which lampoon events of the preceding year. As a
running gag, the annual article almost always includes an old photo of
Richard Nixon laughing with the caption, "Why is this man laughing?" However, the February 2006 "Dubious Achievement Awards" used the caption under a photo of
W. Mark Felt, the former FBI official revealed in 2005 to be Bob Woodward's and Carl Bernstein's "Deep Throat" Watergate source.
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