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George Feifer (September 8, 1934 – November 12, 2019) was an American journalist, novelist, and historian. Known for his autobiographical novels chronicling life in the Soviet Union, he also wrote three books on the Battle of Okinawa. His novel The Girl from Petrovka was adapted into a film starring Goldie Hawn.

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.

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)

References

1. Gregory Feifer (2020), In Memoriam (PDF), Columbia University, retrieved December 23, 2020
2. ^ Smith, Harrison. "Obituaries George Feifer, journalist and author who chronicled the Soviet Union, dies at 85". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
3. The Girl from Petrovka, American Film Institute, retrieved December 23, 2020
4. Tolchin, Martin. "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."

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