Who was a satirist, Nicholas Pileggi or Nathanael West?
Nathanael West Nathanael West (born Nathan Weinstein; October 17, 1903 – December 22, 1940) was an American author, screenwriter and satirist.
Ignoramus Ignoramus is a college farce, a 1615 academic play by George Ruggle. Written in Latin (with passages in English and French), it was arguably the most famous and influential academic play of English Renaissance drama. Ruggle based his play on "La Trappolaria" (1596), an Italian comedy by Giambattista della Porta (which in turn borrows from the "Pseudolus" of Plautus).