Herman Wouk
Writing
- Born
- May 27, 1915 · New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- May 17, 2019 (age 103)
Herman Wouk (/woʊk/ WOHK; May 27, 1915 – May 17, 2019) was an American author best known for historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny (1951) for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction.
His other major works include The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, historical novels about World War II, and non-fiction such as This Is My God, an explanation of Judaism from a Modern Orthodox perspective, written for Jewish and non-Jewish audiences. His books have been translated into 27 languages.
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The Washington Post called Wouk, who cherished his privacy, "the reclusive dean of American historical novelists". Historians, novelists, publishers, and critics who gathered at the Library of Congress in 1995 to mark Wouk's 80th birthday described him as an American Tolstoy.
Known for
Behind the camera12
- 2026The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Writer
- 2023The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Theatre Play
- 1988The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Novel
- 1964Youngblood Hawke Novel
- 1959The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Novel
- 1958The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Novel
- 1958Marjorie Morningstar Novel
- 1956Der Verräter Novel
- 1955The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Novel
- 1954The Caine Mutiny