Leon Uris
Leon Marcus Uris (August 3, 1924 – June 21, 2003) was an American author and screenwriter, known for his historical novels that deal with the conflicts of the 20th century. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Jewish parents, Wolf William and Anne Uris, he served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II (1942–1945). His literary career began with the novel Battle Cry (1953), based on his wartime experiences, which was adapted into a film in 1955.
His best-known work, Exodus (1958), is an international bestseller about the founding of Israel, the result of two years of research and interviews. The novel was adapted into a film in 1960, starring Paul Newman. They were followed by Mila 18 (1961) about an uprising in the Warsaw ghetto, Armageddon (1963) about post-war Berlin, Topaz (1967), a spy novel adapted from Hitchcock in 1969, and Trinity (1976), a saga about Irish nationalism. QB VII (1970) deals with a libel trial inspired by the real events of Exodus. Later works include The Haj (1984), about the Arab-Israeli conflict, and Mitla Pass (1988), a partly autobiographical novel. With his third wife, photographer Jill Peabody, he collaborated on the book Ireland: A Terrible Beauty (1975).
Uris's novels, translated into numerous languages, were commercially successful, but critics often described them as relying more on historical facts than on literary subtlety. He died of kidney failure in 2003 on Shelter Island, New York, leaving a significant mark on historical fiction.
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Armageddon
Armageddon (1964) by Leon Uris is a historical novel set in post-war Berlin during the 1948-1949 airlift, when the Allies supplied West Berlin amidst the Soviet blockade.
Exodus
„Exodus“ (1958), eine epische Saga über die Gründung Israels, die auf wahren historischen Ereignissen basiert, folgt einer Gruppe jüdischer Flüchtlinge im Europa der Nachkriegszeit, die für die Gründung einer Heimat in Palästina kämpfen.
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...
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
„Odsustvo do buđenja“ (1953) je debitantski roman Leona Urisa zasnovan na njegovom iskustvu u Drugom svetskom ratu kao pripadnika 6. marinskog puka.
QB 7
Leon Uris, ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller jüdischer Herkunft, veröffentlichte 1970 den Roman „QB VII“ (The King's Bench, Courtroom No. 7), einen dramatischen Gerichtsthriller, der die Traumata des Holocaust, Schuld und Gerechtigkeit anhand einer Geschi
QB VII
QB VII dramatičan je sudski roman koji u četiri dijela naglašava događaje koji su doveli do suđenja za klevetu. Roman je bio Urisov drugi uzastopni bestseler broj 1 New York Timesa i treći ukupno.
Topaz
Topaz je hladnoratovski triler Leona Urisa, objavljen 1967. Roman je proveo tjedan dana na vrhu liste najprodavanijih knjiga The New York Timesa i bio je Urisov prvi bestseler u New York Timesu od Exodusa 1959.
Trojstvo
Trojstvo (1976) je epska saga o irskoj borbi za neovisnost kroz priču obitelji Larkin u razdoblju od 1840-ih do 1916. godine. Smješten u Irsku, roman prati Conora Larkina, mladog katolika iz Donegala, čiji život simbolizira irski otpor britanskoj vlasti.
Trojstvo
Od autora koji je oduševio svijet Exodusom, Odsustvom od buđenja, QB VII i Topazom dolazi sveobuhvatna i snažna epska avantura koja prikazuje "užasnu ljepotu" Irske tijekom njezine duge i krvave borbe za slobodu.