Ira Wolfert

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film human journalist novel novelist war correspondent

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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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
novel ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
war correspondent ⓘ
author Ira Wolfert self-linksurface differs ⓘ
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Reporting ⓘ
surface form: Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence

Pulitzer Prize for Reporting ⓘ
surface form: Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting
basedOn Tucker’s People ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
surface form: Battle for the Solomons

Tucker’s People ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Ira Wolfert → author → Ira Wolfert self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Tucker's People