Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk | |
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 Wouk in 1955 | |
| Born | May 27, 1915 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | May 17, 2019 (aged 103) Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
Resting place | Beth David Cemetery |
| Education | Columbia University (B.A., 1934) |
| Occupation | Author |
| Spouse |
Betty Brown
(m. 1945; died 2011) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives |
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| Writing career | |
| Period | 1941–2015 |
| Notable works | |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  US |
Branch |  United States Navy |
Service years | 1942–1946 |
Rank | Lieutenant |
| Commands | Executive Officer, USS Southard (DD-207/DMS-10) |
Conflicts | |
| Website | www |
Herman Wouk (/woʊk/ WOHK; May 27, 1915 – May 17, 2019) was an American author. He published 15 novels, many of them historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny (1951), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1952. Other well-known works included The Winds of War and War and Remembrance (historical novels about World War II), the bildungsroman Marjorie Morningstar; and non-fiction such as This Is My God, an explanation of Judaism from a Modern Orthodox perspective, written for Jewish and non-Jewish readers. His books have been translated into 27 languages.
The Washington Post described Wouk, who cherished his privacy, as "the reclusive dean of American historical novelists". Historians, novelists, publishers, and critics who gathered at the Library of Congress in 1995 to mark his 80th birthday described him as an American Tolstoy. Wouk's career was extensive and he lived to 103.