Leo Gurko American Writer
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| Birthday |
4th January, 1914
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| Died |
2008
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| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Writer
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Leo Gurko (January 4, 1914 – 2008) was a Polish-American author who primarily wrote biographies between the 1940s and 1970s. Of his works, Gurko received a Newbery Honor for Tom Paine, Freedom's Apostle in 1958. Gurko later published two books on Joseph Conrad and one each on Ernest Hemingway and Thomas Wolfe. Outside of literature, Gurko was a first reader for Macmillan Inc. between 1936 and 1962. During this time period, Gurko started teaching English at Hunter College in 1938 and was the college's English head from 1954 to 1960.
