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'''Herman Wouk''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1934|34]] is a [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning writer famous for the play ''The Caine Mutiny''. | '''Herman Wouk''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1934|34]] is a [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning writer famous for the play ''The Caine Mutiny''. | ||
| − | Wouk entered [[Columbia College]] at age 16, writing for ''[[Spec]]'' and ''[[Jester]]'' and | + | Wouk entered [[Columbia College]] at age 16, writing for ''[[Spec]]'' and ''[[Jester]]'', as well as the [[Varsity Show]], for which ''Home, James'' ([[1933]]) and ''Laugh It Off'' (1934) were the products of his pen. Wouk graduated at age 20. |
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| + | In the 70s, he endowed Beit Ephraim, a Jewish retreat for Columbia students. In [[1980]], Wouk won the [[Alexander Hamilton Medal]]. It was recently sold on eBay as a paperweight.<ref>[http://cgi.ebay.com/Fantastic-Rare-Columbia-University-Medal-Paperweight_W0QQitemZ7754432742QQcategoryZ39726QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem eBay 'Fantastic Rare Columbia University Medal Paperweight']</ref> | ||
Wouk considered Professor [[Irwin Edman]] a mentor and dedicated a novel to him. | Wouk considered Professor [[Irwin Edman]] a mentor and dedicated a novel to him. | ||
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Herman Wouk CC '34 is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer famous for the play The Caine Mutiny.
Wouk entered Columbia College at age 16, writing for Spec and Jester, as well as the Varsity Show, for which Home, James (1933) and Laugh It Off (1934) were the products of his pen. Wouk graduated at age 20.
In the 70s, he endowed Beit Ephraim, a Jewish retreat for Columbia students. In 1980, Wouk won the Alexander Hamilton Medal. It was recently sold on eBay as a paperweight.[1]
Wouk considered Professor Irwin Edman a mentor and dedicated a novel to him.
The manuscript of The Caine Mutiny is preserved in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library inside Butler.
