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'Leon Marcus Uris' (August 3 1924 - June 21 2003) was an American novelist, known for his historical fiction and the deep research that went into his novels. His two bestelling books were ''Exodus'', published in 1958, and ''Trinity'', in 1976. [1]
Leon Uris was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Jewish-American parents Wolf William and Anna (Blumberg) Uris. His father, a Polish-born immigrant, was a paperhanger and then later a storekeeper. William spent a year in Palestine after World War I before entering the United States. He derived his surname from Yerushalmi, meaning ''man of Jerusalem''. "He was basically a failure", Uris said later of his father. "He went from failure to failure."
Uris attended schools in Norfolk, Virginia and Baltimore but never graduated from high school, having failed English three times. At the age of seventeen Uris joined the United States Marine Corps. He served in the South Pacific as a radioman at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and New Zealand from 1942 to 1945. While recuperating from malaria in San Francisco, he met Betty Beck, a Marine sergeant. They married in 1945.
In 1950, ''Esquire'' magazine bought an article from him and this encouraged him to work on a novel. The result was the best seller ''Battle Cry'', graphically showing the toughness and courage of U.S. Marines in the Pacific and ''The Angry Hills'', a novel set in war-time Greece.
As a screen writer and a newspaper correspondent, he became intensely interested in Israel which led to his best-known work, ''Exodus'', which is about the Jewish history from the late 19th Century through the founding of the state of Israel in 1948. ''Exodus'' was a worldwide bestseller, translated into a dozen languages, and was made into a feature film in 1960, starring Paul Newman.
Later works include ''Mila 18'', a story of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, '', which reveals the detailed work by British and American intelligence services in planning for the occupation and pacification of post WWII Germany, ''Trinity'', an epic novel about Ireland's struggle for independence, ''QB VII'', a chilling novel about the role of a Polish doctor in a German concentration camp, and ''The Haj'', with insights into the history of the Middle East and the secret machinations of foreigners which have led to today's turmoil.
He also wrote the screenplays for ''Battle Cry'' and ''Gunfight at the O.K. Corral''.
Leon Uris died of congestive heart failure at his Long Island home on Shelter Island, aged 78. [2]
He was married twice, to Betty Beck, for whom they had three children; and his second marriage, to Jill Peabody, that produced two children, ending in divorce in 1989. They remained friends.
In some of his books a likeable character is associated with the number 359195: for example, Danny Forrester's (''Battle Cry'') and Clinton Loveless' ('') service numbers and the number tattooed onto Dov Landau's (''Exodus'') forearm as his registration number in Auschwitz.
★ ''Battle Cry'', 1953
★ ''The Angry Hills'', 1955
★ ''Exodus'', 1958
★ ''Exodus Revisited'', 1960 (GB title: ''In the Steps of Exodus'')
★ ''Mila 18'', 1961
★ '', 1963
★ ''Topaz'', 1967
★ ''The Third Temple'' (with ''Strike Zion'' by William Stevenson), 1967
★ ''QB VII'', 1970
★ ''Ireland, A Terrible Beauty'', 1975 (with Jill Uris)
★ ''Trinity'', 1976
★ ''Jerusalem: A Song of Songs'', 1981 (with Jill Uris)
★ ''The Haj'', 1984
★ ''Mitla Pass'', 1988
★ ''Redemption'', 1995
★ ''A God in Ruins'', 1999
★ ''O'Hara's Choice'', 2003
★ List of bestselling novels in the United States
1. "Author Leon Uris Dies at 78" ''The Elyria (Ohio) Chronicle Telegram'', June 25, 2003, page A8.
2. "Author Leon Uris Dies at 78," ''The Elyria (Ohio) Chronicle Telegram'', June 25, 2003, page A8.
★ Inventory of Leon Uris novel and screenplay manuscripts and other documents
| Contents |
| Life |
| Trivia |
| Selected titles |
| See also |
| References |
| External links |
Life
Leon Uris was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Jewish-American parents Wolf William and Anna (Blumberg) Uris. His father, a Polish-born immigrant, was a paperhanger and then later a storekeeper. William spent a year in Palestine after World War I before entering the United States. He derived his surname from Yerushalmi, meaning ''man of Jerusalem''. "He was basically a failure", Uris said later of his father. "He went from failure to failure."
Uris attended schools in Norfolk, Virginia and Baltimore but never graduated from high school, having failed English three times. At the age of seventeen Uris joined the United States Marine Corps. He served in the South Pacific as a radioman at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and New Zealand from 1942 to 1945. While recuperating from malaria in San Francisco, he met Betty Beck, a Marine sergeant. They married in 1945.
In 1950, ''Esquire'' magazine bought an article from him and this encouraged him to work on a novel. The result was the best seller ''Battle Cry'', graphically showing the toughness and courage of U.S. Marines in the Pacific and ''The Angry Hills'', a novel set in war-time Greece.
As a screen writer and a newspaper correspondent, he became intensely interested in Israel which led to his best-known work, ''Exodus'', which is about the Jewish history from the late 19th Century through the founding of the state of Israel in 1948. ''Exodus'' was a worldwide bestseller, translated into a dozen languages, and was made into a feature film in 1960, starring Paul Newman.
Later works include ''Mila 18'', a story of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, '', which reveals the detailed work by British and American intelligence services in planning for the occupation and pacification of post WWII Germany, ''Trinity'', an epic novel about Ireland's struggle for independence, ''QB VII'', a chilling novel about the role of a Polish doctor in a German concentration camp, and ''The Haj'', with insights into the history of the Middle East and the secret machinations of foreigners which have led to today's turmoil.
He also wrote the screenplays for ''Battle Cry'' and ''Gunfight at the O.K. Corral''.
Leon Uris died of congestive heart failure at his Long Island home on Shelter Island, aged 78. [2]
He was married twice, to Betty Beck, for whom they had three children; and his second marriage, to Jill Peabody, that produced two children, ending in divorce in 1989. They remained friends.
Trivia
In some of his books a likeable character is associated with the number 359195: for example, Danny Forrester's (''Battle Cry'') and Clinton Loveless' ('') service numbers and the number tattooed onto Dov Landau's (''Exodus'') forearm as his registration number in Auschwitz.
Selected titles
★ ''Battle Cry'', 1953
★ ''The Angry Hills'', 1955
★ ''Exodus'', 1958
★ ''Exodus Revisited'', 1960 (GB title: ''In the Steps of Exodus'')
★ ''Mila 18'', 1961
★ '', 1963
★ ''Topaz'', 1967
★ ''The Third Temple'' (with ''Strike Zion'' by William Stevenson), 1967
★ ''QB VII'', 1970
★ ''Ireland, A Terrible Beauty'', 1975 (with Jill Uris)
★ ''Trinity'', 1976
★ ''Jerusalem: A Song of Songs'', 1981 (with Jill Uris)
★ ''The Haj'', 1984
★ ''Mitla Pass'', 1988
★ ''Redemption'', 1995
★ ''A God in Ruins'', 1999
★ ''O'Hara's Choice'', 2003
See also
★ List of bestselling novels in the United States
References
1. "Author Leon Uris Dies at 78" ''The Elyria (Ohio) Chronicle Telegram'', June 25, 2003, page A8.
2. "Author Leon Uris Dies at 78," ''The Elyria (Ohio) Chronicle Telegram'', June 25, 2003, page A8.
External links
★ Inventory of Leon Uris novel and screenplay manuscripts and other documents
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