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Ira Levin
1929 – 2007
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryIra Marvin Levin was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His works include the novels A Kiss Before Dying (1953), Rosemary's Baby (1967), The Stepford Wives (1972), This Perfect Day (1970), The Boys from Brazil (1976), and Sliver (1991). Levin also wrote the play Deathtrap (1978). Many of his novels and plays have been adapted into films. He received the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award and several Edgar Awards. In 1996 he was given the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
August 27, 1929
The Bronx
Date of death
November 12, 2007
Manhattan
Citizenship
United States
Occupations & fields
screenwriternovelistwriterscience fiction writerlyricist
Awards & honours
The Grand MasterPrometheus Award - Hall of FameEdgar Allan Poe Award for Best First NovelBram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement
Notable works
Rosemary's BabyThe Stepford Wives
- Field and occupation
- americký spisovateľ, dramatik a básnik
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