Gerald Green (writer)

Gerald Green (born May 1, 1922 in Brooklyn , New York , as Gerald Greenberg , † August 29, 2006 in Norwalk , Fairfield County , Connecticut ) was an American writer.

Gerald Green graduated from Columbia University with a degree in journalism. During his student days he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa academic community . He served in the American military during World War II and then returned to Columbia. After completing his studies, Gerald worked as a correspondent in Europe for the American military magazine Stars and Stripes until he became one of the first news writers for the television station NBC . He then became a member of the Today Show , where he worked as a writer, producer and director.

In 1950 his first novel Majesty O'Keefe was published . In 1956, the novel The Last Angry Man was published, which reflects his experiences on television and love for his father, who died in 1952. Other books by him are The Sword , The Sun and The Hostage Heart . His novel Holocaust became known. This novel was the basis of a script. In 1978 his well-known television play Holocaust , which won an Emmy award, premiered in the USA, and in 1979 in Germany. The model for the fictional character of the painter Karl Weiss was the German draftsman Leo Haas .

Filmography

1959: The wrath of the righteous ( The Last Angry Man )
1978: Holocaust
1981: Death on Campus (Kent State)
1985: Raoul Wallenberg (Wallenberg: A Hero's Story)
1988: The Angel of Death (Fatal Judgment)

Web links

Literature by and about Gerald Green in the catalog of the German National Library
Gerald Green in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Gerald Green biography

Individual evidence

↑ Gerald Green (German translation by Helmut Kossodo): Holocaust , "Die Endlösung" , Heyne-Verlag, Munich, 1987, ISBN 3-453-01185-6
↑ Wolf H. Wagner: Escaped from hell. Stations of a life. A biography of the painter and graphic artist Leo Haas , Henschel Verlag, Berlin, 1987, ISBN 3-362-00147-5 , page 81: “When the American author Gerald Green was researching his book on the painters of the ghetto in the 1970s he came across the "affair". He also questioned Leo Haas and used his story for the person of Karl Weiß in his novel "Holocaust" and in the script for the film of the same name. "

personal data
SURNAME	Green, Gerald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American writer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 1, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brooklyn , New York City
DATE OF DEATH	August 29, 2006
Place of death	Norwalk , Fairfield County , Connecticut

[1] Gerald Green (German translation by Helmut Kossodo): Holocaust , "Die Endlösung" , Heyne-Verlag, Munich, 1987, ISBN 3-453-01185-6

[2] Wolf H. Wagner: Escaped from hell. Stations of a life. A biography of the painter and graphic artist Leo Haas , Henschel Verlag, Berlin, 1987, ISBN 3-362-00147-5 , page 81: “When the American author Gerald Green was researching his book on the painters of the ghetto in the 1970s he came across the "affair". He also questioned Leo Haas and used his story for the person of Karl Weiß in his novel "Holocaust" and in the script for the film of the same name. "