Leon Uris (1924–2003)
Auteur van Exodus
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Writer Leon Uris was born in Baltimore on August 3, 1924. He dropped out of school to join the Marines during World War II, but later returned to attend Baltimore City College. His first novel, Battle Cry (1953), was based on his time as a marine. He followed it with a series of New York Times toon meer bestsellers, including The Angry Hills, Exodus, Topaz, and Trinity. QB VII was adapted into a TV mini-series starring Ben Gazzara and Anthony Hopkins. Uris has also written non-fiction (including Ireland: A Terrible Beauty and Jerusalem: Song of Songs) and screenplays (Battle Cry and Gunfight at the O. K. Corral). He has won the John F. Kennedy Memorial Award from the Irish-American Society and the Scopus Award from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Leon Uris
[unidentified works] 3 exemplaren
The Hope 1 exemplaar
The Spy Catchers 1 exemplaar
The Haj by Leon Uris (1998-10-05) 1 exemplaar
QB VII: Volume One 1 exemplaar
Armageddon, Part 2 1 exemplaar
The Defection of Kuznetov 1 exemplaar
Trinity - Três Famílias e a História da Irlanda 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Uris, Leon
- Officiële naam
- Uris, Leon Marcus
- Geboortedatum
- 1924-08-03
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2003-06-21
- Graflocatie
- Quantico National Cemetery, Quantico, Virginia USA
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Amerika
- Geboorteplaats
- Baltimore, Maryland, Amerika
- Plaats van overlijden
- Long Island, New York, Amerika
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- kidney failure
- Woonplaatsen
- Baltimore, Amerika
Long Island, New York, Amerika - Beroepen
- writer
journalist - Relaties
- Uris, Jill
- Organisaties
- US Marine Corps(WWII)
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Harry and Ethel Daroff Award(1959)
National Institute of Arts and Letters Grant(1959)
California Literature Silver Medal Award( [1962])
California Literature Gold Medal Award(1965 ∙ for Armageddon)
Irish/American Society of New York John F. Kennedy Medal(1977)
Eire Society of Boston Gold Medal(1978) (toon alle 10)
State of Israel Jobotinsky medal(1980)
Concord Academy Hall fellowship(with wife ∙ Jill Uris ∙ 1980)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Scopus award(1981)
Honorary doctorates: University of Colorado, 1976; Santa Clara University, 1977; Wittenberg University, 1980; Lincoln College, 1985[1976, 1977, 1980, 1985] - Korte biografie
- Leon Uris was a best-selling novelist known especially for doing deep research into his topics. He was a high school dropout who enlisted in the U.S. Marines at age 17 during World War II, serving in the South Pacific. His writing career began with short stories, and he published his first novel in 1953. Although not well appreciated by literary critics, his works were popular successes and introduced readers to many important social causes and historical events such as the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.
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_Exodus_ by Leon Uris - a Group Read in May in 75 Books Challenge for 2013 (juni 2013)
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Trinity door Leon Uris
Een boek dat me onverwacht bij de klauwen greep. Hoewel de personages en beschrijvingen soms aan diepgang missen, is het een fantastisch verteld saga over de Ierse strijd aan het begin van de 19e eeuw. De vertelling van Leon Uris stroomt bij je binnen en het is erg moeilijk om dit boek neer te leggen. De details die hij weet te vertellen over de Ierse dorpen, de bevolking, de katholieke, prostestantse strijd, Ulster, Belfast, de armoede, de grote hongersnood. Ik heb gehuild en gelachen bij dit boek.… (meer)
Lijsten
Sonlight Books (1)
2015 UpROOTed (1)
Revolutions (1)
Best War Stories (1)
Tour of Ireland (1)
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- Werken
- 49
- Ook door
- 5
- Leden
- 19,357
- Populariteit
- #1,125
- Waardering
- 3.9
- Besprekingen
- 262
- ISBNs
- 642
- Talen
- 18
- Favoriet
- 55
