Wouk
Look at other dictionaries:
Wouk — [waʊk], Herman, amerikanischer Schriftsteller, * New York 27. 5. 1915; nach Studienabschluss für Rundfunk und Film tätig, im Zweiten Weltkrieg bei der Marine. Wouk wurde v. a. durch populäre Kriegsromane bekannt, die das Geschehen im Pazifik… … Universal-Lexikon
Wouk — (izg. vòuk), Herman (1915) DEFINICIJA američki romanopisac, poznat po ratnim romanima Pobuna na brodu Caine (uspješno adaptiran za kazalište i film) i Vjetrovi rata (vrlo popularna TV serija) … Hrvatski jezični portal
Wouk — Herman Wouk in Jerusalem, 1955 Herman Wouk (* 27. Mai 1915 in New York City) ist ein US amerikanischer Bestseller Autor und Träger des Pulitzer Preises. Er wurde auch durch die mit herausragenden Schauspielern besetzten Verfilmungen seiner Werke… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Wouk — noun United States writer (born in 1915) • Syn: ↑Herman Wouk • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author … Useful english dictionary
WOUK, HERMAN — (1915– ), U.S. novelist and playwright. The son of Russian immigrants, Wouk was born in New York City. For six years he worked as a radio writer and, when the United States entered World War II, joined the Navy as a line officer, serving in the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Wouk,Herman — Wouk (wōk), Herman. Born 1915. American writer whose novels include The Caine Mutiny (1951), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize, and The Winds of War (1971). * * * … Universalium
Wouk, Herman — born May 27, 1915, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. novelist. His experience serving aboard a destroyer minesweeper in World War II provided material for The Caine Mutiny (1951, Pulitzer Prize; film, 1954), a drama of naval tradition that presented the… … Universalium
Wouk, Herman — (b. 1915) American writer. Wouk was born in New York and educated at Columbia University. He served in the US Navy during World War II. He has written several best selling novels including The Caine Mutiny (1951) and Marjorie Morningstar… … Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
Wouk — [[t]woʊk[/t]] n. big Herman, born 1915, U.S. novelist … From formal English to slang
Wouk, Herman — (b. 1915) American novelist and playwright. He was born in New York. Initially he worked as a radio scriptwriter, but later served in the US Navy as a line officer. His writing includes The Caine Mutiny, Majorie Morningstar and This Is My God … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
