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BIOGRAPHY
Leon Marcus Uris, novelist, was born in Baltimore, Maryland to William and Anna Uris. His father was a paperhanger who had immigrated from Poland. He was educated in schools in Maryland and Virginia, but he never graduated from high school. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps when he was seventeen and served in the South Pacific and New Zealand during World War II. He worked briefly as a driver for a newspaper, but after 1950 he was a full-time writer.
Uris published his first novel, BATTLE CRY, when he was 29. He sold the novel to a film producer and wrote the screenplay. He is well-known for his screenplay, GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL. His novel, EXODUS, was an overwhelming success, and as a result he gained international recognition.
CHRONOLOGY
1924 He was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
1945 He married Betty Beck.
1950 He became a full-time writer.
1953 BATTLE CRY; He moved to Hollywood, California.
1955 THE ANGRY HILLS
1956 He became a war correspondent during the Arab-Israeli war.
1957 GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL
1958 EXODUS
1959 ISRAEL
1960 EXODUS REVISITED
1961 MILA 18
1963 ARMAGEDDON: A NOVEL OF BERLIN
1964 He was sued for libel by a German doctor.
1965 He divorced Betty Beck.
1967 TOPAZ
1968 He married Margery Edwards.
1969 His wife, Margery Edwards, died.
1970 QB VII; He married Jill Peabody.
1971 ARI
1975 IRELAND, A TERRIBLE BEAUTY
1976 TRINITY
1981 JERUSALEM: A SONG OF SONGS
1984 THE HAJ
1988 MITLA PAS
1995 REDEMPTION
1999 A GOD IN RUINS
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