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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).
Nov 12, 2007 · 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.
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,”...
Ira Levin has 66 books on Goodreads with 522679 ratings. Ira Levin’s most popular book is Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1).
The Stepford Wives is a 1972 satirical "feminist horror" novel by Ira Levin. The story concerns Joanna Eberhart, a talented photographer, wife, and young mother who suspects that something in the town of Stepford is changing the wives from free-thinking, intelligent women into compliant wives dedicated solely to homemaking.
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.
Ira Levin, whose five-character mystery thriller Deathtrap was one of the biggest hits in Broadway history and the last major example of its once-bountiful genre, died Nov. 12 of a fatal heart ...
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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.
Ira Levin was a mild-mannered playwright and novelist who wrote creepy best sellers like “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Stepford Wives” and “The Boys From Brazil.”
An accomplished pianist, Ira Levin was the first-prize winner of the American National Chopin Competition in 1980. He continues to appear in recital and concert, often leading concertos from the keyboard as well, including works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin as well as Brahms’s second concerto, which he played and conducted on very short ...
