Biography
Herman Wouk (pron.: /ˈwoʊk/; born May 27, 1915) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning
American author whose novels include The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War
and War and Remembrance. His brother, Victor Wouk (1919–2005) was an
electrical engineer, a pioneer in the development of electric and hybrid vehicles.
Herman Wouk was born in New York City, the son of Esther (née Levine) and
Abraham Isaac Wouk.[1] His family was Jewish and had emigrated from Russia.
After a childhood and adolescence in the Bronx and a high school diploma from
Townsend Harris High School, he earned a B.A. from Columbia University in
1934, where he was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity [2] and studied
under philosopher Irwin Edman. Soon thereafter, he became a radio dramatist,
working in David Freedman's "Joke Factory" and later with Fred Allen for five
years and then, in 1941, for the United States government, writing radio spots to
sell war bonds. He lived a fairly secular lifestyle in his early 20s before deciding
to return to a more traditional Jewish way of life, modeled after that of his
grandfather, in his mid-20s. From that day to the present, Wouk has commenced
each day of his life with a reading of Scripture in Hebrew.
Selected books
Herman Wouk in Jerusalem, 1955
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The Man in the Trench Coat (1941)
Aurora Dawn (1947)
The Lomokome Papers (1947) (see )
City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder (1948)
The Traitor (1949 play)
The Caine Mutiny (1951)
A Modern Primitive (1952 Unpublished Play)
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1953 play)
Marjorie Morningstar (1955)
Slattery's Hurricane (1956)