Saul Levitt
Introduction '''Saul Levitt''' (March 13, 1911 – 1977) was an American playwright and author, best known for his successful play ''The Andersonville Trial'', based on MacKinlay Kantor's Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel ''Andersonville''. Levitt's play was later made into an Emmy award-winning movie.Levitt was born in New York City and died of heart failure on September 30, 1977.Levitt served with the United States Army Air Corps in World War II as a B-17 bomber crewman with the 100th Bomb Group, flying missions against the Third Reich out of Thorpe Abbotts, UK. Early in his tour, he was severely injured in a traffic accident and was transferred to the reporting staff of ''Yank'' magazine, where he wrote and published a number of articles about his group's experiences flying and fighting in the war.
Works *''The Sun is Silent'' (1951)*''The Andersonville Trial'' (1960)*''The True Glory'' (1945)*''A Covenant with Death'' (1967)*''The Trial of the Catonsville Nine'' (1972)
Awards * Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Adaptation for: ''The Andersonville Trial'' (1970) (TV)
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