MacKinlay Kantor
MacKinlay Kantor · Arts & Literature
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1904, Webster City, Iowa, United States — 1977, Sarasota, Florida, United States
United States
MacKinlay Kantor is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
MacKinlay Kantor won the 1956 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 'Andersonville', his monumental Civil War novel about the Confederate prison camp, and wrote the story behind the film 'The Best Years of Our Lives'. His father, John Martin Kantor, was a Jewish immigrant, and his Jewish paternal ancestry is documented.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
