EM Nathanson
Erwin "EM" Nathanson (born February 17, 1928 in New York City , † April 5, 2016 in Laguna Niguel , California ) was an American writer, best known for his novel The Dirty Dozen . The film adaptation under the same title The Dirty Dozen is considered one of the most successful war films in film history.
Nathanson was born and raised in the Bronx , New York . His mother suffered from depression and was sent to an institution when he was two years old. He lived in a Jewish orphanage in Manhattan until he was seven , then in the Hebrew National Orphan Home in Yonkers . He stayed here until he finished school. He then studied anthropology at New York University . Nathanson worked as an editor for Fairchild Publications in New York and was a reporter and freelance journalist for the Arlington Sun in Virginia and the Washington Post , among others .
Nathanson died of heart failure at the age of 88.
bibliography
- The Dirty Dozen (1965) ISBN 978-0970466204
- German edition: The dirty dozen , Droemersche Verlagsanstalt Th. Knaur Nachf., Munich / Zurich 1967 (today Droemer Knaur )
- The Latecomers (1970)
- It Gave Everybody Something To Do (1973; with Louise Thoresen)
- A Dirty Distant War (1987) - The sequel to The Dirty Dozen
- Knight's Cross (1993; with Aaron Bank)
- Lovers and Schemers (2003)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nathanson, EM |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nathanson, Erwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th April 2016 |
| Place of death | Laguna Niguel , California , United States |