Noah Gordon
Noah Gordon (born Nov 11, 1926) is an American novelist. He served in the US Army at the end of World War II. He reported for the Worcester Telegram until he was hired by the Boston Herald in 1959. Some of the topics covered within his novels include
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Noah Gordon (born Nov 11, 1926) is an American novelist. He served in the US Army at the end of World War II. He reported for the Worcester Telegram until he was hired by the Boston Herald in 1959. Some of the topics covered within his novels include medical history and medical ethics. More recently he has begun to focus more on themes relating to the Inquisition and Jewish cultural history. Gordon's debut novel, The Rabbi spent 26 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list in 1965. When publishing The Physician; the book was picked up by Random House - Germany, which promoted the book in Europe, where Gordon became a very popular in Spain and Italy. His novel The Last Jew won "Que Leer Prize" (Spain) and "Boccaccio Literary Prize" (Italy). His novel Shaman won the first James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Best Historical Fiction in 1993.
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