Leo E. Litwak (May 28, 1924 – July 27, 2018) was an American short story writer and novelist.

Life

He attended Wayne State University and Columbia University. He taught at San Francisco State University. He was a medic in World War II, which was the subject of his 2001 memoir, The Medic: Life and Death in the Last Days of WWII. His work appeared in The New York Times and TriQuarterly. His papers are held at Washington University Libraries. Litwak's daughter is playwright and actress Jessica Litwak. He has two grand children, Emil Weinstein and Sophia Litwak. He was the son of union leader Isaac Litwak, whose life was the basis of Leo Litwak's novel, Waiting for the News.

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Non-fiction

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Criticism