Awards & Winners

Louis Fischer

Date of Birth 29-February-1896
Place of Birth Philadelphia
(Pennsylvania, United States of America, Area code 215, Area code 267, Area codes 215 and 267)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Journalist
Louis Fischer was a Jewish-American journalist. Among his works were a contribution to the ex-Communist treatise The God that Failed, The Life of Lenin, which won the 1965 National Book Award in History and Biography, as well as a biography of Mahatma Gandhi entitled The Life of Mahatma Gandhi. This book was used as the basis for the Academy Award-winning film Gandhi. Fischer's wife, Markoosha Fischer, was also a writer.

Awards by Louis Fischer

Check all the awards nominated and won by Louis Fischer.

1965


National Book Award for History and Biography (Nonfiction)
Honored for : The Life of Lenin

Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for History and Biography (Nonfiction) The Life of Lenin