(Encyclopedia) Uris, LeonUris, Leony&oobreve;rĭsˈ [key], 1924–2003, American novelist, b. Baltimore. Uris, who wrote many popular novels, is best known for the runaway best seller Exodus (1958),…
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(Encyclopedia) Gaudí i Cornet, AntonioGaudí i Cornet, Antonioäntôˈnyō goudēˈ ē kōrˈnĕt [key], 1852–1926, Spanish architect. Working mainly in Barcelona, he created startling new architectural forms…
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Candida DonadioAge: 71 literary agent whose first assignment was to sell Joseph Heller's Catch-22. The book was originally titled Catch-18, but she changed it to avoid confusion with Leon…
Leon UrisAge: 78 novelist whose fictional account of the creation of modern Israel, 1958's Exodus, became one of the all-time top bestsellers. He often wrote about war, and his other novels…
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