Saul Levitt
Saul Levitt (March 13, 1911 – 1977) was an American playwright and author, best known for his successful play The Andersonville Trial, based on MacKinlay Kantor's Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel Andersonville. Levitt's play was later made into an Emmy award-winning movie.[1]
Levitt was born in New York City[1] and died of heart failure on September 30, 1977.[2][1]
Levitt served with the United States Army Air Corps in World War II as a B-17 bomber crewman with the 100th Bomb Group,[3] flying missions against the Third Reich out of Thorpe Abbotts, UK. Early in his tour, he was severely injured in a traffic accident and was transferred to the reporting staff of Yank magazine,[2] where he wrote and published a number of articles about his group's experiences flying and fighting in the war.
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Works
- The Sun is Silent (1951)[4][3]
- The Andersonville Trial (1960)[5][6]
- The True Glory (1945)[7][8]
- A Covenant with Death (1967)[7]
- The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1972)[7][9]
Awards
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Adaptation for: The Andersonville Trial (1970) (TV)[10][11][12]
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