Leon Uris
Leon Marcus Uris (3. kolovoza 1924. – 21. lipnja 2003.) bio je američki književnik i scenarist, poznat po povijesnim romanima koji tematiziraju sukobe 20. stoljeća. Rođen u Baltimoreu, Maryland, od roditelja židovskog podrijetla, Wolfa Williama i Anne Uris, služio je u američkim marincima tijekom Drugog svjetskog rata (1942.–1945.). Njegova književna karijera započela je romanom Battle Cry (1953.), temeljenim na ratnim iskustvima, koji je adaptiran u film 1955.
Najpoznatije djelo, Exodus (1958.), svjetski je bestseler o osnivanju Izraela, plod dvogodišnjeg istraživanja i intervjua. Roman je adaptiran u film 1960. s Paulom Newmanom. Slijedili su Mila 18 (1961.) o ustanku u varšavskom getu, Armageddon (1963.) o poslijeratnom Berlinu, Topaz (1967.), špijunski roman adaptiran od Hitchcocka 1969., te Trinity (1976.), saga o irskom nacionalizmu. QB VII (1970.) bavi se suđenjem za klevetu inspiriranim stvarnim događajima iz Exodusa. Kasnija djela uključuju The Haj (1984.) o arapsko-izraelskom sukobu i Mitla Pass (1988.), djelomično autobiografski roman. S trećom suprugom, fotografkinjom Jill Peabody, surađivao je na knjizi Ireland: A Terrible Beauty (1975.).
Urisovi romani, prevedeni na brojne jezike, bili su komercijalno uspješni, ali kritičari su ih često opisivali kao više oslonjene na povijesne činjenice nego na književnu suptilnost. Umro je od zatajenja bubrega 2003. na Shelter Islandu, New York, ostavivši značajan trag u povijesnoj fikciji. Njegovi rukopisi čuvaju se u Harry Ransom Centru, Sveučilište Teksas.
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Exodus
Exodus (1958), an epic saga about the founding of Israel, inspired by true historical events, follows a group of Jewish refugees in post-World War II Europe as they fight to establish a homeland in Palestine.
Mila 18
Mila 18 is a novel about the legendary uprising in the Warsaw ghetto. To write the novel, Uris spent years studying archival materials, visiting the places where the events took place and talking to survivors of the ghetto...
Odsustvo do buđenja
Battle Cry (1953) is Leon Uris's debut novel based on his experience in World War II as a member of the 6th Marine Regiment.
QB VII
QB VII is a dramatic courtroom novel that highlights the events leading up to the libel trial in four parts. The novel was Uris' second consecutive #1 New York Times bestseller and third overall.
Topaz
Topaz is a Cold War suspense novel by Leon Uris, published in 1967 by McGraw-Hill. The novel spent one week atop The New York Times Best Seller List, and was Uris's first New York Times number-one bestseller since Exodus in 1959.
Trojstvo
From the author who wowed the world with Exodus, Absence from the Awakening, QB VII and Topaz comes a sweeping and powerful epic adventure that captures the "horrible beauty" of Ireland during its long and bloody struggle for freedom.
Trojstvo
Trinity (1976) is an epic saga of the Irish struggle for independence through the story of the Larkin family from the 1840s to 1916. Set in Ireland, the novel follows Conor Larkin, a young Catholic from Donegal, whose life symbolizes Irish resistance to B