Studs Terkel
American writer and historian
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Louis "Studs" Terkel was an American writer, historian, actor, and broadcaster. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1985 for The Good War and is best remembered for his oral histories of common Americans, and for hosting a... Wikipedia
Born: May 16, 1912, New York, NY
Died: October 31, 2008 (age 96 years), Chicago, IL
Movies and shows: Studs' Place, Studs Terkel: Listening to America, Eight Men Out, and more
Siblings: Meyer Terkel and Ben Terkel
Parents: Samuel Terkel and Anna Finkelin
Spouse: Ida Goldberg (m. 1939–1999)
Books