William spent a year in Palestine after World War I before entering the United States.

His father, a Polish-born immigrant, was a paperhanger and then later a storekeeper. Leon Uris was born in Baltimore, Maryland the son of Jewish-American parents Wolf William and Anna (Blumberg) Uris. His two bestselling books were Exodus, published in 1958, and Trinity, in 1976. Leon Marcus Uris was an American novelist, known for his historical fiction and the deep research that went into his novels. Where-Shelter Island, Long Island, New York.Married three times, he is survived by five children. Uris himself admitted to being difficult, ruthless and “hurt(ing) a lot of people on the way up.” He even feuded with Preminger and Hitchcock, and was involved in lawsuits regarding and “Topaz” and “Exodus.” The book’s editor, Herman Gollob, described Uris as a “committed Jew” and a larger-than-life character. In 1956, he reported on the Middle East conflict “Mitla Pass” was an autobiographical perspective on the Sinai campaign.

After the war, he turned to writing full-time. Readers were especially attracted to the breadth and sweep of his books, even as critics were less than enthusiastic about his prose.īaltimore native and son of immigrants dropped out of high school after failing English three times and joined the Marines, serving in the South Pacific during World War II. His novels have sold more than 150 million copies in 50 countries, and many have topped bestseller lists. His other books include spy novel “The Angry Hills” (1959), later a film starring John Mitchum and directed by Robert Aldrich “Exodus Revisited” (1960) “Mitla Pass” (1988), a personal account about the Middle East conflict “Mila 18,” about the Jewish uprising in Warsaw during World War II and a springboard for family history and his first book, “Battle Cry” (1953), the screenplay for which he also worked on, based on his experiences as a WWII Marine and as a war correspondent. His ex-wife, photographer Jill Uris, said he completed the work this spring. In October, HarperCollins is set to publish Uris’ last book, “O’Hara’s Choice,” a historical novel about the U.S.

His book “QB VII,” about Nazi atrocities and an infamous court case (and based in part on a legal battle he had over “Exodus”), became an acclaimed TV miniseries starring Ben Gazarra and Anthony Hopkins.

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