George Feifer

{{Short description|American journalist (1934–2019)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{infobox writer |name=George Feifer |birth_date={{birth date|1934|9|8}} |birth_place=Paterson, New Jersey, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|2019|11|12|1934|9|8}} |death_place=Los Angeles, California, U.S. |occupation={{flatlist| *Journalist *novelist *historian }} |nationality=American |alma_mater=Passaic High School<br />Harvard College }}

'''George Feifer''' (September 8, 1934 – November 12, 2019)<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/creative/epub/harriman/2020/spring/memoriam.pdf |author=Gregory Feifer |title=In Memoriam |year=2020 |publisher=Columbia University |accessdate=December 23, 2020}}</ref> was an American journalist, novelist, and historian. Known for his autobiographical novels chronicling life in the Soviet Union,<ref name=WaPoObit>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Harrison |title=Obituaries George Feifer, journalist and author who chronicled the Soviet Union, dies at 85 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/george-feifer-journalist-and-author-who-chronicled-the-soviet-union-dies-at-85/2019/11/18/2931b46a-0a18-11ea-bd9d-c628fd48b3a0_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 6, 2022}}</ref> he also wrote three books on the Battle of Okinawa. His novel ''The Girl from Petrovka'' was adapted into a film starring Anthony Hopkins and Goldie Hawn.<ref>{{citation|url=http://catalog.afi.com/Film/67501-THE-GIRL-FROM-PETROVKA|title=The Girl from Petrovka|publisher=American Film Institute |accessdate=December 23, 2020}}</ref>

He was born in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1934, and lived in Manhattan before moving to Passaic, New Jersey, with his mother and attending Passaic High School, where he edited the school's newspaper. He attended Harvard College.<ref name=WaPoObit/><ref>Tolchin, Martin. [https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/14/archives/london-article-on-degeneration-of-new-york-stirs-outcry-here-the.html "London Article on 'Degeneration' of New York Stirs Outcry Here"], ''The New York Times'', March 14, 1973. Accessed January 6, 2022. "The article was written by George Feifer, a freelance now living in London, who was born in Passaic, N. J., and graduated from Passaic High School and Harvard College."</ref>

Feifer died in Los Angeles, California, in 2019.

==Bibliography== * ''Justice in Moscow'' (1964) * ''The Girl from Petrovka'' (1971) * ''Moscow Farewell'' (1977) * ''Tennozan: The Battle of Okinawa and the Atomic Bomb'' (1994) * ''Breaking Open Japan: Commodore Perry, Lord Abe, and American Imperialism in 1853'' (2006) * ''The Battle of Okinawa: The Blood and the Bomb'' (2011)

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