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Alex North (born Isadore Soifer, December 4, 1910 – September 8, 1991) was an American composer best known for his many film scores, including A Streetcar Named Desire (one of the first jazz-based film scores), Viva Zapata!, Spartacus, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Isadore Soifer
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- September 8, 1991 (aged 80), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- December 4, 1910, Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Before writing as Alex North, I studied Philosophy at the University of Leeds, worked there in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy for several years, and published ten award-winning crime novels under a different name. I currently live in Leeds with my wife and son.
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Alex North Biography (1910-1991) Born December 4, 1910, in Chester, PA; died of pancreatic cancer, September 8, 1991, in Los Angeles, CA; son of Jesse (a blacksmith) and Bela (Suifer) North; married Annemarie Hollger, c. 1940; children: Steven, Elissa, Dylan.
Alex North is a British crime writer who has previously published under another name. Alex North was born in Leeds, England, where he now lives with his wife and son. The Whisper Man was inspired by North's own little boy, who mentioned one day that he was playing with "the boy in the floor."
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Jun 27, 2018 · Born: Chester, Pennsylvania, 10 December 1910. Education: Attended Curtis Institute; Juilliard School, New York; studied with Ernst Toch, Copland, and Revueltas. Family: Married Annemarie (North); two sons and one daughter. Career: 1933–34—enrolled at the Moscow Conservatory; 1935–40—composed for ballet; began composing for ...
Read more. Alex North was born in Leeds, where he now lives with his wife and son. He studied Philosophy at Leeds University, and prior to becoming a writer he worked there in their sociology department. The Whisper Man was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, and is being published in more than 30 languages.
Alex North (born Isadore Soifer, December 4, 1910 – September 8, 1991) was an American composer best known for his many film scores, including A Streetcar Named Desire (one of the first jazz-based film scores), Viva Zapata!, Spartacus, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
