Herman Wouk
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Other well-known works included ''The Winds of War'' and ''War and Remembrance'' (historical novels about World War II), the bildungsroman ''Marjorie Morningstar''; and non-fiction such as ''This Is My God'', an explanation of Judaism from a Modern Orthodox perspective, written for Jewish and non-Jewish readers. His books have been translated into 27 languages.
''The Washington Post'' described Wouk, who cherished his privacy, as "the reclusive dean of American historical novelists". Historians, novelists, publishers, and critics who gathered at the Library of Congress in 1995 to mark his 80th birthday described him as an American Tolstoy. Wouk lived to 103. Provided by Wikipedia