About

Known credits:
13
Birthday:
1915-05-27
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
Website:
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Herman Wouk

Overview

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.

Known for

Writing
2023 The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Writing Theatre Play 60
Fair
1988 War and Remembrance Writing Novel 72
Good
1988 The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Writing Novel 58
Average
1983 The Winds of War Writing Novel 70
Good
1964 Youngblood Hawke Writing Novel 58
Average
1959 The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Writing Novel N/A
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1958 The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Writing Novel N/A
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1958 Marjorie Morningstar Writing Novel 59
Average
1956 Der Verräter Writing Novel 59
Average
1955 The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Writing Novel N/A
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1954 The Caine Mutiny Writing Novel 64
Fair
1953 Confidentially Connie Writing Novel 59
Average
1949 Slattery's Hurricane Writing Novel 59
Average