Wouk, Herman

Wouk, Herman
(b. 1915)
   American writer. Wouk was born in New York and educated at Columbia University. He served in the US Navy during World War II. He has written several best-selling novels including The Caine Mutiny (1951) and Marjorie Morningstar (1955). He has also produced an account of the Jewish faith entitled This Is My God (1959) in which he discusses his fidelity to the Orthodox traditions of his forefathers.

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  • WOUK, HERMAN — (1915– ), U.S. novelist and playwright. The son of Russian immigrants, Wouk was born in New York City. For six years he worked as a radio writer and, when the United States entered World War II, joined the Navy as a line officer, serving in the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Wouk,Herman — Wouk (wōk), Herman. Born 1915. American writer whose novels include The Caine Mutiny (1951), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize, and The Winds of War (1971). * * * …   Universalium

  • Wouk, Herman — born May 27, 1915, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. novelist. His experience serving aboard a destroyer minesweeper in World War II provided material for The Caine Mutiny (1951, Pulitzer Prize; film, 1954), a drama of naval tradition that presented the… …   Universalium

  • Wouk, Herman — (b. 1915)    American novelist and playwright. He was born in New York. Initially he worked as a radio scriptwriter, but later served in the US Navy as a line officer. His writing includes The Caine Mutiny, Majorie Morningstar and This Is My God …   Dictionary of Jewish Biography

  • Wouk, Herman — (27 may. 1915, Nueva York, N.Y., EE.UU.). Novelista estadounidense. Sus experiencias a bordo de un barreminas durante la segunda guerra mundial le proveyeron el material para The Caine Mutiny [El motín del Caine] (1951, Premio Pulitzer; película …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Wouk, Herman —    см. Вук, Герман …   Писатели США. Краткие творческие биографии

  • Wouk — Herman Wouk in Jerusalem, 1955 Herman Wouk (* 27. Mai 1915 in New York City) ist ein US amerikanischer Bestseller Autor und Träger des Pulitzer Preises. Er wurde auch durch die mit herausragenden Schauspielern besetzten Verfilmungen seiner Werke… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Herman Wouk — à Jérusalem, en 1955 Activités Écrivain, Scénariste Naissance …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Herman — /herr meuhn/, n. 1. Woodrow ( Woody ), born 1913, U.S. jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader. 2. a male given name: from Old English words meaning army and man. * * * (as used in expressions) Curtis Cyrus Herman Kotzschmar Dreiser… …   Universalium

  • Herman — (as used in expressions) Curtis, Cyrus (Herman Kotzschmar) Dreiser, Theodore (Herman Albert) Anton Herman Gerard Fokker Frye, (Herman) Northrop Herman, Jerry Gerald Herman Herman, Woody Woodrow Charles Herman Hollerith, Herman Kahn, Herman… …   Enciclopedia Universal

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