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Leon Uris

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Profession
Novelist
Died
Jun 21, 2003
Zodiac
Virgo
Born in
Baltimore MD
About
An American author of historical fiction, he is best known for Exodus (1958), which deals with the founding of the State of Israel, and Trinity (1976), which is set in a turbulent time in Ireland's history. His other works include Armageddon: A Novel of Berlin (1963) and Mila 18 (1961).
Family
He was born into a Jewish family in Baltimore, Maryland. His father was a Polish immigrant, and his mother was the daughter of Russian immigrants.

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