Satirist

Someone who uses humor to write nonfiction.

"Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini (1380-1459) spent his life as a layman in the service of the Roman Curia and unearthed unknown manuscripts of many important ancient authors. He was devoted to classical studies but, like many of the humanists, also wrote works of history. His collections of largely indecent satirical material known as the Facetiae and aimed particularly at monks and priests was widely translated by 1500."

Erasmus, Praise of Folly (1509)

[translated by Betty Radice, notes by A. H. T. Levi (1993)].