![]() Wouk’s brother Victor, who died in 2005, was an early pioneer of alternative-fuel cars. They had three sons, one of whom died in childhood. Wouk and wife Sarah, who worked as his agent, were married for 66 years until her 2011 death. Like no other masterpiece of historical fiction, Herman Wouks sweeping epic of World War II is. ![]() Wouk divided his time between homes in Washington and Palm Springs, California. Herman Wouk, 'The Jackie Robinson Of Jewish American Fiction,' Dies At 103 Wouk was famous for writing The Winds of War, Marjorie Morningstar and The Caine Mutiny, which won a Pulitzer Prize. Buy a cheap copy of The Winds of War book by Herman Wouk. About the author (2008) Herman Wouk was born in the Bronx, New York on May 27, 1915. He was 97 when “The Lawgiver,” a satirical tale about making a movie based on the biblical figure Moses, was published. Wouk also worked with pop singer Jimmy Buffett to make a musical of “Don’t Stop the Carnival,” his 1965 novel about a New York public relations man who opens a Caribbean hotel. Both books were more than 900 pages and were turned into successful television miniseries. ![]() Twenty years of research and writing led to “The Winds of War” in 1971 and its sequel, “War and Remembrance,” seven years later. Wouk felt “The Caine Mutiny” was merely an anecdote about World War Two rather than an exploration of the global conflict. A Masterpiece of Historical Fiction-The Great Novel of Americas Greatest Generation Herman Wouks sweeping epic of World War II, which begins with The. ![]() ![]() Wouk’s play “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial” made its debut on Broadway in 1954, starring Henry Fonda, and has been revived twice. ![]()
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