Herman Wouk
American writer (1915–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Herman Wouk (/woʊk/ WOHK; May 27, 1915 – May 17, 2019) was an American author and centenarian who wrote historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny (1951) for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction.
Herman Wouk | |
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Born | (1915-05-27)May 27, 1915 New York City, U.S. |
Died | May 17, 2019(2019-05-17) (aged 103) Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
Resting place | Beth David Cemetery |
Occupation | Author |
Education | Columbia University (BA) |
Period | 1941–2019 |
Notable works | |
Spouse |
Betty Brown
(m. 1945; died 2011) |
Children | 3 |
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Military career | |
Service/ | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1942–1946 |
Rank | Lieutenant |
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Website | |
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His other major works include The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, historical novels about World War II, and non-fiction such as This Is My God, an explanation of Judaism from a Modern Orthodox perspective, written for Jewish and non-Jewish audiences. His books have been translated into 27 languages.[1]
The Washington Post called Wouk, who cherished his privacy, "the reclusive dean of American historical novelists".[1] Historians, novelists, publishers, and critics who gathered at the Library of Congress in 1995 to mark Wouk's 80th birthday described him as an American Tolstoy.[2]