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Louis Fischer

American journalist (1896-1970) · United States · On the map · Journalists · Died at 73

Louis Fischer was an American journalist. Among his works were a contribution to the ex-communist treatise The God that Failed (1949), The Life of Mahatma Gandhi (1950), basis for the Academy Award-winning film Gandhi (1982), as well as a Life of Lenin, which won the 1965 National Book Award in History and Biography.

Louis Fischer is read about 55 times a day, in 18 languages.

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Awards

National Book Award1965
Watumull Prize

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1896 to 1970 · aged 73