Вук, Герман

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'''Ѓерман Вук''' (Herman Wouk; род. 27 мая 1915 г. в [[Нью-Йорк]]е) - американский писатель, лауреат Пулитцеровской премии, автор романов, в т.ч. "Мятеж Каина", "Ветры войны" и "Война и память"

'''Ѓерман Вук''' (Herman Wouk; род. 27 мая 1915 г. в [[Нью-Йорк]]е) - американский писатель, лауреат Пулитцеровской премии, автор романов, в т.ч. "Мятеж Каина", "Ветры войны" и "Война и память"

== Биография ==

== Биография ==

Wouk joined the [[United States Navy]] and served in the [[Pacific Ocean theater of World War II|Pacific Theater]],  an experience he later characterized as educational; "I learned about machinery, I learned how men behaved under pressure, and I learned about Americans."  Wouk served as an officer aboard two destroyer [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweeper]]s (DMS), the [[USS Zane (DD-337)|USS ''Zane'']] and [[USS Southard|USS ''Southard'']], becoming [[executive officer]] of the latter. He started writing a novel, ''[[Aurora Dawn]]'',<ref>Originally titled by Wouk as ''Aurora Dawn; or, The True history of Andrew Reale, containing a faithful account of the Great Riot, together with the complete texts of Michael Wilde's oration and Father Stanfield's sermon''.</ref> during off-duty hours aboard ship.  Wouk sent a copy of the opening chapters to [[Irwin Edman]] who quoted a few pages verbatim to a New York editor.  The result was a publisher's contract sent to Wouk's ship, then off the coast of [[Okinawa]].  The novel was published in 1947 and became a [[Book of the Month Club]] main selection. His second novel, ''[[City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder|City Boy]]'', proved to be a commercial disappointment at the time of its initial publication in 1948; perhaps, as Wouk once claimed, it was swept away by the excitement over [[Norman Mailer]]'s bestselling World War II novel ''[[The Naked and the Dead]]''.

Wouk joined the [[United States Navy]] and served in the [[Pacific Ocean theater of World War II|Pacific Theater]],  an experience he later characterized as educational; "I learned about machinery, I learned how men behaved under pressure, and I learned about Americans."  Wouk served as an officer aboard two destroyer [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweeper]]s (DMS), the [[USS Zane (DD-337)|USS ''Zane'']] and [[USS Southard|USS ''Southard'']], becoming [[executive officer]] of the latter. He started writing a novel, ''[[Aurora Dawn]]'',<ref>Originally titled by Wouk as ''Aurora Dawn; or, The True history of Andrew Reale, containing a faithful account of the Great Riot, together with the complete texts of Michael Wilde's oration and Father Stanfield's sermon''.</ref> during off-duty hours aboard ship.  Wouk sent a copy of the opening chapters to [[Irwin Edman]] who quoted a few pages verbatim to a New York editor.  The result was a publisher's contract sent to Wouk's ship, then off the coast of [[Okinawa]].  The novel was published in 1947 and became a [[Book of the Month Club]] main selection. His second novel, ''[[City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder|City Boy]]'', proved to be a commercial disappointment at the time of its initial publication in 1948; perhaps, as Wouk once claimed, it was swept away by the excitement over [[Norman Mailer]]'s bestselling World War II novel ''[[The Naked and the Dead]]''.