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Mario Puzo


Born
in Manhattan, New York, The United States
October 15, 1920

Died
July 02, 1999

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Puzo was born in a poor family of Neapolitan immigrants living in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York. Many of his books draw heavily on this heritage. After graduating from the City College of New York, he joined the United States Army Air Forces in World War II. Due to his poor eyesight, the military did not let him undertake combat duties but made him a public relations officer stationed in Germany. In 1950, his first short story, The Last Christmas, was published in American Vanguard. After the war, he wrote his first book, The Dark Arena, which was published in 1955.

At periods in the 1950s and early 1960s, Puzo worked as a writer/editor for publisher Martin Goodman's Magazine Management Company. Puzo, along with other writers l
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Quotes by Mario Puzo  (?)
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“I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.”
Mario Puzo, The Godfather

“Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family.”
Mario Puzo, The Godfather

“Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .”
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Polls

November 2017 New School Poll

 
  80 votes, 27.9%

The Godfather by Mario Puzo, 448 pages, 1969
 
  64 votes, 22.3%

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig, 104 pages, 1941
 
  31 votes, 10.8%

Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard, 351 pages, 1984
 
  23 votes, 8.0%

Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse, 256 pages, 1927
 
  21 votes, 7.3%

Possession by A.S. Byatt, 555 pages, 1990
 
  21 votes, 7.3%

 
  20 votes, 7.0%

Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., 318 pages, 1987
 
  13 votes, 4.5%

The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen, 372 pages, 1948
 
  7 votes, 2.4%

 
  7 votes, 2.4%

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