Herman Wouk

Herman Wouk was born in the Bronx, New York, on May 27, 1915.
* He was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants.
* He attended Townsend Harris High School and Columbia University.
* He began his career as a radio writer.
* He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
* He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel "The Caine Mutiny" in 1952.
* He also wrote the novels "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance."
* He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2008.
* He died on May 17, 2019, at the age of 103.