Ira Wolfert

Ira Wolfert (November 1, 1908 – November 24, 1997) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent and a fiction and non-fiction writer.

Early life and education Wolfert was born in New York City, New York.

Career Wolfert was a correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance from the 1930s through World War II. In 1941, he was aboard the Surcouf when it helped to liberate Saint Pierre and Miquelon. His series of articles about the November 1942 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal won him the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting (International).

In 1944, Wolfert co-wrote One-Man Air Force with Captain Don Gentile, a leading fighter ace. The book is an autobiography of Gentile and details his exploits as a fighter pilot flying P-51 Mustangs with the Eighth Air Force.

His first novel, Tucker's People about a vicious New York gangster, published in 1943, was well received by both critics and the general public.

Personal life In 1928, Wolfert married Helen Herschdorfer, a poet. They had two children, Ruth and Michael. Their marriage lasted 57 years, until Helen died in 1985.

On November 24, 1997, Wolfert died in Margaretville, New York, at the age of 89.