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Revision as of 22:55, 27 September 2009
- See also Wikipedia's article about "Herman Wouk".
Herman Wouk CC '34 is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer famous for the play The Caine Mutiny.
Wouk entered Columbia College at age 16, writing for Spec and Jester and graduating at age 20. In the 70s, he endowed Beit Ephraim, a Jewish retreat for Columbia students. In 1980, Wouk won the Alexander Hamilton Medal. Someone recently claimed to be selling it on eBay as a paperweight.[1]
Wouk considered Professor Irwin Edman a mentor and dedicated a novel to him.
The manuscript of The Caine Mutiny is preserved in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library inside Butler.
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- ↑ Unfortunately, the link's now dead, so this can no longer be verified.
