Leo E. Litwak

Leo E. Litwak (May 28, 1924 – July 27, 2018) was an American short story writer and novelist.^[1]

Leo E. Litwak
Born	(1924-05-28)May 28, 1924
Died	July 27, 2018(2018-07-27) (aged 94)
Occupation	Short story writer novelist
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Wayne State University Columbia University
Notable awards	O. Henry Award (1990)
Children	1
Parents	Isaac Litwak (father)

Life

He attended Wayne State University and Columbia University. He taught at San Francisco State University.^[2] He was a medic in World War II, which was the subject of his 2001 memoir, The Medic: Life and Death in the Last Days of WWII.^[3]

His work appeared in The New York Times and TriQuarterly.^[4] His papers are held at Washington University Libraries.^[5]

Litwak's daughter is playwright and actress Jessica Litwak. He has two grand children, Emil Weinstein and Sophia Litwak. He was the son of union leader Isaac Litwak, whose life was the basis of Leo Litwak's novel, Waiting for the News.^[3]

Awards

• 1970 Guggenheim Fellow^[6]
• 1970 National Jewish Book Award for Waiting for the News^[7]
• 1990 O. Henry Award

Works

• "The Eleventh Edition" TriQuarterly, No. 74, Winter 1989

Novels

• To the Hanging Gardens (1964) Andre Deutsch
• Waiting for the News (1969)

Non-fiction

• College Days in Earthquake Country (1971)
• Medic 2001

Anthologies

• Leonard Michaels; David Reid; Raquel Scherr, eds. (1995). "Spirits". West of the West: imagining California : an anthology. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-20164-4.
• Jerome Charyn, ed. (1969). The single voice: an anthology of contemporary fiction. Collier Books.
• Saul Bellow, ed. (1963). Great Jewish Short Stories. Dell. ISBN 9780440331223. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

Criticism

• Leo E. Litwak (January 29, 1967). "Hell's Angels". The New York Times Book Review.
• LEO E. LITWAK (January 29, 1967). "On the Wild Side". The New York Times.
• Leo E. Litwak (December 31, 1967). "A Trip to Esalen Institute--". The New York Times.