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Herman Wouk was an American author. He published fifteen novels, many of them historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny (1951), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction.
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Herman Woukwas an American author. He published fifteen novels, many of them historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny (1951), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction.
Other well-known works included The Winds of War and War and Remembrance (historical novels about World War II), the bildungsroman Marjorie Morningstar; and non-fiction such as This Is My God, an explanation of Judaism from a Modern Orthodox perspective, written for Jewish and non-Jewish readers. His books have been translated into 27 languages.
The Washington Post described Wouk, who cherished his privacy, as “the reclusive dean of American historical novelists”. Historians, novelists, publishers, and critics who gathered at the Library of Congress in 1995 to mark his 80th birthday described him as an American Tolstoy. Wouk lived to 103.
11 Quotes by Herman Wouk
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Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.
Herman WoukAmerican writer (1915-2019)
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Some people think that all the equipment you need to discuss religion is a mouth.
Herman WoukAmerican writer (1915-2019)
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Judaism has always been a strong interest of mine. My two sons speak Hebrew and are familiar with the scriptures and with rabbinic literature. This is the way we live.
Herman WoukAmerican writer (1915-2019)
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Illusion is an anodyne, bred by the gap between wish and reality.
Herman WoukAmerican writer (1915-2019)
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Write a page a day. It will add up.
Herman WoukAmerican writer (1915-2019)
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The President has a quick and able mind, though not everybody gives him that, not by a long shot.
Herman WoukAmerican writer (1915-2019)
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I regard the writing of humor as a supreme artistic challenge.
Herman WoukAmerican writer (1915-2019)
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I felt there’s a wealth in Jewish tradition, a great inheritance. I’d be a jerk not to take advantage of it.
Herman WoukAmerican writer (1915-2019)
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Discount my partiality, but my report is that so far The Winds of War is looking good.
Herman WoukAmerican writer (1915-2019)
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I learned about machinery, I learned how men behaved under pressure, and I learned about Americans.
Herman WoukAmerican writer (1915-2019)
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The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.
Herman WoukAmerican writer (1915-2019)