Louis Fischer

Louis Fischer (29 February 1896 – 15 January 1970) was a Jewish-American journalist. Among his works were a contribution to the ex-Communist treatise The God that Failed (1949), a Life of Mahatma Gandhi (1950), basis for the Academy Award-winning film Gandhi (1982), as well as a Life of Lenin, which won the 1965 National Book Award in History and Biography,

Personal facts

Birth dateFebruary 29, 1896
Birth place
Philadelphia , United States
Date of deathJanuary 15, 1970
Place of death
Princeton New Jersey

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  1. http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/q237hr93r
  2. http://findingaids.princeton.edu/names/73845816