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Ira Levin

27 Aug 1929 - 1 Nov 2007

Ira Levin was born in 1929 in New York City and is a graduate of New York University. He wrote television plays and short stories and, when he was twenty-two, A Kiss Before Dying. After two years of military service he turned to playwriting; No Time for Sergeants, adapted from Mac Hyman's novel was his most successful stage work, but his favorite is a musical called Drat! The Cat! for which he wrote the book and lyrics. Its early closing sent him back to novel writing, and the outcome was the diabolical chiller Rosemary's Baby. He has since written another play, Dr. Cook's Garden, filmed by Paramount Pictures in 1971, and he is nearing completon of another novel. He lives in Manhattan, is divorced, and has three sons.

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  • Cover of: Rosemary's Baby

    First published in 1900 48 editions in 6 languages — 7 previewable Cover of edition unbebepourrosema0000levi_i7u3 Cover of edition roseymarysbaby00iral Cover of edition rosemarysbaby0000levi Cover of edition rosemarysbabynov0000levi Cover of edition rosemarysbabynov00levi Cover of edition rosemarysbaby00levi
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  • Cover of: A Kiss Before Dying

    First published in 1953 31 editions in 6 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition kissbeforedying0000levi Cover of edition kissbeforedyinglevi00levi Cover of edition kissbeforedying00levi Cover of edition kissbeforedyingm00levi
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  • Cover of: The Stepford Wives

    First published in 1972 29 editions in 4 languages — 7 previewable Cover of edition stepfordwives0000levi Cover of edition stepfordwives00levi Cover of edition stepfordwivesnov00levi Cover of edition stepfordwivesno00levi Cover of edition stepfordwi00levi Cover of edition lasposedasdestep00levi
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  • Cover of: The Boys from Brazil

    First published in 1976 26 editions in 5 languages — 8 previewable Cover of edition boysfrombrazilno0000levi Cover of edition boysfrombrazilno00levi Cover of edition boysfrombrazil0000levi_v5a0 Cover of edition boysfrombrazilth00levi Cover of edition boysfrombrazilno00levirich Cover of edition boysfrombrazil0000levi Cover of edition boysfrombrazil00levi
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  • Cover of: Sliver: a novel

    First published in 1991 17 editions in 4 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition slivernovel000levi Cover of edition slivernovel00levi
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  • Cover of: This perfect day

    First published in 1970 15 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition thisperfectday0000levi Cover of edition thisperfectday00levi Cover of edition thisperfectday00levi_544
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  • Cover of: Son of Rosemary

    First published in 1997 10 editions in 2 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition sonofrosemaryseq0000levi Cover of edition sonofrosemaryseqlevi00levi Cover of edition sonofrosemary0000levi Cover of edition sonofrosemaryseq00levi
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  • Cover of: Veronica's room: a melodrama.

    First published in 1974 7 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Critic's choice: a comedy.

    First published in 1961 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Deathtrap: a thriller in two acts

    First published in 1979 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: boys from Brazil

    First published in 1995 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Sliver

    First published in 2011 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: No time for sergeants.

    First published in 1956 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Dr. Cook's Garden

    First published in 1968 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A Treasury of modern mysteries: volume 2

    First published in 1973 3 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition treasuryofmodern0002unse Cover of edition treasuryofmodern00gard
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  • Cover of: A Kiss before Dying.

    First published in 2000 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Đêm v~inh biêt

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  • Cover of: General Seeger.

    First published in 1962 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Break a leg: a comedy in two acts

    First published in 1981 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Three by Ira Levin: Rosemary's Baby / This Perfect Day / The Stepford Wives

    First published in 1985 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Fiction, Large type books, Science fiction, Fiction, horror, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Apartment houses, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, suspense, Modern fiction, American drama, American drama (dramatic works by one author), Antichrist, Antisemitism, Children's fiction, Clones and cloning, Drama, Female friendship, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, science fiction, general, Good and evil, Gothic-Revival, Holocaust, Horror tales, Luther, Married women
Places
New York City, Bramford, Brazil, Congonhas Airport, Connecticut, Fairfield County, Hollywood, San Paolo, Stepford, U.S.A., Upper West Side (New York, N.Y.), Vienna, Amsterdam Avenue, Central Park, Dakota Apartments, Earth, Hell, Strawberry Fields
People
Edward Hutchins, Guy Woodhouse, Josef Mengele (1911-1979), Minnie Castevet, Roman Castevet, Rosemary Woodhouse, Satan, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Bobbie, Joanna Eberhart, Walter Eberhart, Yakov Liebermann, Andy Woodhouse, John Lennon, Stanley Shand, Yoko Ono
Time
1960s, 1974, 1950's, 1965, 1970's, 1973, 1999

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July 8, 2021 Edited by Lisa merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
May 8, 2020 Edited by Lisa merge authors
November 1, 2019 Edited by dcapillae Expanded birth and death date
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import