Herman Wouk (1915–2019)
Auteur de The Winds of War
A propos de l'auteur
Herman Wouk was born in the Bronx, New York on May 27, 1915. He received a bachelor's degree in comparative literature and philosophy from Columbia University. In 1936, he became a staff writer for the radio comedian Fred Allen. He enlisted in the Navy immediately after Pearl Harbor and was posted afficher plus as a radio officer in the South Pacific. His debut novel, Aurora Dawn, was published in 1947. His other novels included The City Boy, Marjorie Morningstar, Youngblood Hawke, Don't Stop the Carnival, The Winds of War, War and Remembrance, The Hope, The Gift, A Hole in Texas, and The Lawgiver. He received the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1952 for The Caine Mutiny. He received the first Library of Congress Lifetime Achievement Award for the Writing of Fiction in 2008. His nonfiction books included This Is My God, The Language God Talks, and Sailor and Fiddler: Reflections of a 100-Year-Old Author. Several of his books were adapted into movies including The Caine Mutiny and Marjorie Morningstar. He adapted the courtroom sections of The Caine Mutiny into the Broadway play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. His other Broadway shows included The Traitor and Nature's Way. He died on May 17, 2019 at the age of 103. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de Herman Wouk
Vientos de Guerra T3. Pamela 4 exemplaires
Sodan tuulet 1 ja 2 3 exemplaires
The Man in the Trench Coat 2 exemplaires
Arthur Hawke 2 exemplaires
Natalies Flykt 2 exemplaires
Tormentas de guerra - Tomo 2 1 exemplaire
Zend lš a Caine hadihajn̤ 1 exemplaire
Lembranças de Guerra (The Henry Family, #2) 1 exemplaire
Vihre vojne 1 exemplaire
Que prosiga el carnaval 1 exemplaire
זה אלי : אורח החיים היהודי 1 exemplaire
El mundo, el demonio y la carne 1 exemplaire
War and Rememberance Part XII 1 exemplaire
Vientos de guerra (1) Natalie 1 exemplaire
Vientos de guerra - Tomo 1 1 exemplaire
Tormentas de guerra - Tomo 1 1 exemplaire
St Thomas Synagogue Weibel Memorial Museum 1 exemplaire
City Boy (abridged) 1 exemplaire
O Motim do Caine (Seleções - The Caine Mutiny) 1 exemplaire
Tormentas de Guerra 1. Warren y Janice 1 exemplaire
Nadzieja. [Wol. 2] 1 exemplaire
Nadzieja. [Wol. 1] 1 exemplaire
L'avant-Scene - Femina-Theatre N° 165 - Ouragan Sur le Caine, 3 Actes de Herman Wouk, Adaptation Jose-Andra Lacour - 1 exemplaire
1955 1 exemplaire
The Assassin's Gate 1 exemplaire
L'ammutinamento del Caine, La signora di Mellyn, Avventure in due mondi, Tre topolini ciechi 1 exemplaire
Modern Primitive: A Play by Herman Wouk 1 exemplaire
Feuersturm I. 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contributeur — 452 exemplaires
The world of law; a treasury of great writing about and in the law, short stories, plays, essays, accounts, letters,… (1960) — Contributeur — 54 exemplaires
The Best from Cosmopolitan — Contributeur — 4 exemplaires
Die Herrin vom Nil. - Wouk, Herman: City Boy. - Caillou, Alan: Die Geparde des Amhara. - Innes, Hammond: Der… (1986) 2 exemplaires
Selecciones del Reader's Digest 1972: La sorprendente señora Pollifax, Vientos de guerra, La aurora blanca (1973) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Wouk, Herman
- Date de naissance
- 1915-05-27
- Date de décès
- 2019-05-17
- Lieu de sépulture
- Beth David Cemetery Elmont, Nassau County, New York, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Bronx, New York, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Palm Springs, California, USA
- Cause du décès
- Wouk died in his sleep in his home at the age of 103.
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Washington, DC, USA
Palm Springs, California, USA - Études
- Columbia University (AB Hons|1934)
Townsend Harris High School - Professions
- writer
radio dramatist - Relations
- Brown, Betty Sarah (wife)
- Organisations
- United States Navy (WWII)
- Prix et distinctions
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1952)
Guardian of Zion Award (1998)
Alexander Hamilton Medal (1980)
American Academy of Achievment Golden Plate Award (1986)
United States Navy Memorial Foundation Lone Sailor Award (1987)
Jewish Book Council Lifetime Literary Achievement Award (1999) (tout afficher 7)
Library of Congress Lifetime Achievement Award for the Writing of Fiction (2008) - Agent
- Brown, Betty Sarah
Membres
Critiques
The Will To Live On: This is Our Heritage par Herman Wouk
This was just the book I was looking for. It tells me about the history of Judaism over six centuries and how it morphed into different strands across the globe and the current challenges affecting the Jewish community. Written with great love and humour, alongside academic excellence.
Enough people liked this novel to make it a commercial success in its day. Wouk, being a great fan of the earlier Thomas Wolfe, and a very commercial writer himself, cobbled together this tale of a brilliant, but unknown writer, who does acheive commercial success, but driven by his demons, works himself to death. I wasn't really that interested in Youngblood by the time I finished the book.
I'll read anything Herman Wouk writes. This tale of his inspiration and writing career is truly wonderful, but I miss the awe and wonder on first readings of The Caine Mutiny and Marjorie Morningstar
Listes
THE WAR ROOM (3)
Favourite Books (1)
Page Turners (1)
Best War Stories (1)
Jewish Books (1)
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 72
- Aussi par
- 27
- Membres
- 17,398
- Popularité
- #1,270
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 305
- ISBN
- 516
- Langues
- 15
- Favoris
- 41
