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Leon Uris

Leon Marcus Uris, novelist, was born in Baltimore, Maryland to William and Anna Uris. His father was a paperhanger who had immigrated from Poland. He was educated in schools in Maryland and Virginia, but he never graduated from high school. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps when he was seventeen and served in the South Pacific and New Zealand during World War II. He worked briefly as a driver for a newspaper, but after 1950 he was a full-time writer.

Uris published his first novel, Battle Cry, when he was 29. He sold the novel to a film producer and wrote the screenplay. He is well-known for his screenplay, Gunfight at the OK Corral. His novel, Exodus, was an overwhelming success, and as a result he gained international recognition. (Source)

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American author (1924–2003)

Born 3 August 1924
Died 21 June 2003

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  • Cover of: Exodus
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  • Cover of: O'Hara's choice: a novel
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  • Cover of: Battle Cry
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    Cover of edition battlecry00leon Cover of edition isbn_0553126059 First published in 1953 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: Armageddon.
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  • Cover of: The haj
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  • Cover of: The Angry Hills
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  • Cover of: Redemption: a novel
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  • Cover of: Eḳsodus: Yetsies̀ Eyrope : roman

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  • Cover of: Exodus: Roman
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American author (1924–2003)

Born 3 August 1924
Died 21 June 2003

Subjects

Fiction, History, Fiction, historical, general, Exodus 1947 (Ship), Jews, Fiction, war & military, Ireland, fiction, Fiction, general, Large type books, United States, United States. Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945, Emigration and immigration, Atrocities, English fiction, Famines, Fiction, historical, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, romance, general, Historical fiction, Holocaust survivors, Ireland, history, easter rising, 1916, fiction, Jews, fiction, Military History, New Zealand fiction

Places

Ireland, Cuba, United States, Israel, Warsaw (Poland), Poland, Berlin (Germany), Jerusalem, Middle East, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Palestine, Belfast, Cyprus, Derry, Greece, Israël, Jaffa, Mecca, Russia

Time

1959-, 1910-1921, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943, 20th century, 1837-1901, Allied occupation, 1945-, Easter Rising, 1916, Uprising of 1943, 1815-1861, 1920's - 1950's, 1945-1990, 1948-1967, 1956 Sinai War, 1959-1990, From around 1845 on to 1916, Sinn Fein Rebellion, 1916, WWII, WWII and post WWII, from World War II to 2008

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Alternative names

  • Leon Uris
  • L. M. Uris
  • Léon Uris
  • L. Uris
  • Leon URIS
  • LEON URIS
  • Uris, Leon, 1924-2003.
  • Leon M. Uris

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
May 14, 2010 Edited by Lance Arthur merge authors
May 14, 2010 Edited by Lance Arthur Edited without comment.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import