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Ira Marvin Levin (August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007) was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His works include the novels A Kiss Before Dying (1953), Rosemary's Baby (1967), The Stepford Wives (1972), This Perfect Day (1970), The Boys from Brazil (1976), and Sliver (1991).
Ira Levin. Born. in The Bronx, New York City, New York, The United States. August 27, 1929. Died. November 12, 2007. Genre. Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction. edit data. Levin graduated from the Horace Mann School and New York University, where he majored in philosophy and English.
Ira Levin has 70 books on Goodreads with 533992 ratings. Ira Levin’s most popular book is Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1).
Nov 14, 2007 · Ira Levin, a mild-mannered playwright and novelist who liked nothing better than to give people the creeps — and who did so repeatedly, with best-selling novels like “Rosemary’s Baby,”...
Nov 14, 2007 · Ira Levin, who gave the devil his due in “Rosemary’s Baby,” created an archetype in “The Stepford Wives” and brought a notorious Nazi to fiction in “The Boys From Brazil,” has died.
May 18, 2018 · Levin, Ira 1929–2007 (Ira Marvin Levin) OBITUARY NOTICE—See index for SATA sketch: Born August 27, 1929, in New York [1], NY; died, reportedly of a heart attack [2], November 12, 2007, in New York [3], NY. Novelist, playwright, and television writer.
Author, playwright and composer Ira Levin decided on a career of a writer at the age of 15. Educated at the elite Horace Mann school, he went on to two years at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, before transferring to New York University, where he majored in philosophy and English.