Louis Fischer

1896 - 1970

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Country of citizenship: United States

Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Educated at: Central High School, South Philadelphia High School, Gratz College

Occupation: journalist, writer

Award received: National Book Award, Watumull Prize

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Louis Fischer (29 February 1896 – 15 January 1970) 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)