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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.
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 ...
May 23, 2024 · 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).
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Herman Wouk has 200 books on Goodreads with 281183 ratings. Herman Wouk’s most popular book is The Winds of War (The Henry Family, #1).
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.
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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 ...
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.
