Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1915, 27 May | Born, the Bronx, New York, N.Y. |
1934 | B.A., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
1936-1941 | Staff writer, The Fred Allen Show |
1942-1946 | Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve |
1945 | Married Betty Carol Brown (died 2011) |
1946 | Birth of son, Abraham Isaac (died 1951) |
1947 | Published Aurora Dawn. New York: Simon and Schuster |
1948 | Published City Boy. New York: Simon and Schuster |
1949 | Opened The Traitor, 48th Street Theatre, New York, N.Y. |
1951 | Published The Caine Mutiny. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday |
1952 | Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Caine Mutiny |
1952-1957 | Visiting professor of English, Yeshiva University, New York, N.Y. |
1954 | Opened The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, Plymouth Theatre, New York, N.Y. Established the Abe Wouk Foundation, Los Angeles, Calif. |
1955 | Published Marjorie Morningstar. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday |
1956, Feb. | Published "The Lomokome Papers," Collier's |
1956 | Published Slattery's Hurricane. New York: Permabooks |
1957 | Opened Nature's Way, Coronet Theatre, New York, N.Y. |
1959 | Published This Is My God. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday |
1962 | Published Youngblood Hawke. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday |
1965 | Published Don't Stop the Carnival. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday |
1971 | Published The Winds of War. Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown |
1978 | Published War and Remembrance. Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown |
1983 | Screenwriter, The Winds of War miniseries, Paramount/ABC Television |
1985 | Published Inside, Outside. Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown |
1988 | Consultant, War and Remembrance miniseries, ABC Circle Films |
1993 | Published The Hope. Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown |
1994 | Published The Glory. Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown |
2000 | Published The Will to Live On: This Is Our Heritage. New York: Cliff Street Books Awarded Library of Congress "Living Legend" award |
2004 | Published A Hole in Texas. New York: Little, Brown |
2008 | Awarded Library of Congress Lifetime Achievement Award for the Writing of Fiction |
2010 | Published The Language God Talks: On Science and Religion. New York: Little, Brown |
2012 | Published The Lawgiver. New York: Simon and Schuster |
2016 | Published Sailor and Fiddler: Reflections of a 100-Year-Old Author. New York: Simon and Schuster |
2019, 17 May | Died, Palm Springs, Calif. |