Saul Levitt, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Saul Levitt

American writer (b. Mar 13, 1911 New York, New York, USA - d. Sep 30, 1977 New York, New York, USA)

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1911

Date of Death: 30-Sep-1977

Profession: writer, playwright

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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.Levitt was born in New York City and died of heart failure on September 30, 1977.Levitt served with the United States Army Air Corps in World War II as a B-17 bomber crewman with the 100th Bomb Group, 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, where he wrote and published a number of articles about his group's experiences flying and fighting in the war.