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Herman Wouk
New York City, New York, USA
Herman Wouk (/woʊk/ WOHK; May 27, 1915 – May 17, 2019) was an American author best known for historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny (1951) for which he won the Pulitzer Prize…
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Herman Wouk (/woʊk/ WOHK; May 27, 1915 – May 17, 2019) was an American author best known for historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny (1951) for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. 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. The Washington Post called Wouk, who cherished his privacy, "the reclusive dean of American historical novelists". 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.
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2026
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Movie Writer
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2023
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Movie Theatre Play
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1988
War and Remembrance
TV show Novel
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1988
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Movie Novel
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1983
The Winds of War
TV show Novel
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1964
Youngblood Hawke
Movie Novel
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1959
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Movie Novel
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1958
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Movie Novel
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1958
Marjorie Morningstar
Movie Novel
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1956
Der Verräter
Movie Novel
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1955
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Movie Novel
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1954
The Caine Mutiny
Movie Novel
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1953
Confidentially Connie
Movie Novel
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1950
What's My Line?
TV show Self
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1949
Slattery's Hurricane
Movie Novel
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1948
Ford Theatre
TV show Writer
