Saul Levitt (March 13, 1911 – 1977) was an American playwright and author, best known for his successful play The Andersonville Trial, based on MacKinlay Kantor's Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel Andersonville. Levitt's play was later made into an Emmy award-winning movie.[1]
Levitt was born in New York City[1] and died of heart failure on September 30, 1977.[2][1]
Levitt served with the United States Army Air Corps in World War II as a B-17 bomber crewman with the 100th Bomb Group,[3] flying missions against the Third Reich out of Thorpe Abbotts, UK. Early in his tour, he was severely injured in a traffic accident and was transferred to the reporting staff of Yank magazine,[2] where he wrote and published a number of articles about his group's experiences flying and fighting in the war.
- ^ a b c Kleiman, Dena (1 September 1977). "Saul Levitt, Playwright, Dies; Wrote 'The Andersonville Trial'". The New York Times. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ a b "100th Bomb Group (Heavy) Foundation". Home. 10 October 1943. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ Wald, A.M. (2011). Trinity of Passion: The Literary Left and the Antifascist Crusade. University of North Carolina Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-8078-8236-8. Retrieved December 5, 2017.