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Herman Wouk (/ w oʊ k / WOHK; May 27, 1915 – May 17, 2019) was an American author who published fifteen novels, many being historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny (1951) for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction.
The Winds of War is Herman Wouk's second book about World War II (the first being The Caine Mutiny). Published in 1971, The Winds of War was followed up seven years later by War and Remembrance ; originally conceived as one volume, Wouk decided to break it into two volumes when he realized it took nearly 1,000 pages just to get to the attack on ...
Herman Wouk, American novelist best known for his epic war novels, including The Caine Mutiny (1951), which won A Pulitzer Prize; The Winds of War (1971); and War and Remembrance (1978).
May 17, 2019 · Herman Wouk, whose taut shipboard drama “The Caine Mutiny” lifted him to the top of the best-seller lists, where he remained for most of a career that extended past his 100th year thanks to ...
Herman Wouk has 154 books on Goodreads with 282782 ratings. Herman Wouk’s most popular book is The Winds of War (The Henry Family, #1).
The Caine Mutiny is a 1952 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Herman Wouk. The novel grew out of Wouk's personal experiences aboard two destroyer-minesweepers in the Pacific Theater in World War II. Among its themes, it deals with the moral and ethical decisions made at sea by ship captains and other officers.
May 17, 2019 · Pulitzer Prize-winning author Herman Wouk has died. Wouk was famous for his sprawling World War II novels, including The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, and for his portrayal of Jewish ...
May 17, 2019 · NEW YORK (AP) — Herman Wouk, the versatile, Pulitzer Prize winning author of such million-selling novels as “The Caine Mutiny” and “The Winds of War” whose steady Jewish faith inspired his stories of religious values and secular success, died on Friday at 103.
May 17, 2019 · NEW YORK (AP) — Herman Wouk was a prize-winning, million-selling author never quite in fashion. He was a religious Jew among secular peers, a respecter of authority in a field of rebels.
May 17, 2019 · Herman Wouk was a bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning Jewish American author with a number of notable novels to his credit, including The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance. Herman Wouk was born in New York City into a Jewish family that had emigrated from Russia.
