Ira Wolfert

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Ira Wolfert was an American journalist and novelist best known for his World War II reporting and his novel "Tucker's People," which was adapted into the film "Force of Evil."

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Ira Wolfert canonical 4

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instanceOf film
human
journalist
novel
novelist
war correspondent
author Ira Wolfert
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence
Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting
basedOn Tucker's People
linked to: Tucker’s People
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
countryOfOrigin United States of America
coveredConflict World War II
dateOfBirth 1908-02-10
dateOfDeath 1997-11-24
educatedAt City College of New York
employer PM (newspaper)
Time magazine
genre crime fiction
fiction
journalism
war reporting
influencedWork Force of Evil
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainSubject numbers racket
notableFor World War II reporting from the Pacific theater
novel Tucker's People
notableWork American Guerrilla in the Philippines
An Act of Love
Battle for the Solomons
Tucker's People
linked to: Tucker’s People
occupation journalist
novelist
war correspondent
placeOfBirth New York City
placeOfDeath New York City
residence New York City
screenwriter Abraham Polonsky
sexOrGender male
spouse Helen Wolfert
workSubject Philippine resistance in World War II
World War II naval battles
organized crime in the United States
writingPeriod 20th century

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Force of Evil screenwriter Ira Wolfert
Force of Evil authorOfSourceWork Ira Wolfert
Tucker’s People author Ira Wolfert
Tucker's People author Ira Wolfert
subject linked to: Ira Wolfert