George Jonas
Canadian-Hungarian writer (1935–2016) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Canadian author. For the founder of Camp Rising Sun, see George E. Jonas.
George Jonas, CM (June 15, 1935 – January 10, 2016) was a Hungarian-born Canadian writer, poet, and journalist. A self-described classical liberal, he authored 16 books, including the bestseller Vengeance (1984), the story of an Israeli operation to kill the terrorists responsible for the 1972 Munich massacre. The book has been adapted for film twice, first as Sword of Gideon (1986) and as Munich (2005).
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Born | (1935-06-15)June 15, 1935 Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary |
Died | January 10, 2016(2016-01-10) (aged 80) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Resting place | Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto |
Occupation | Writer, producer and columnist |
Nationality | Hungarian |
Citizenship | Hungarian Canadian - dual citizenship |
Notable works | By Persons Unknown (1977), Vengeance (1984) |
Notable awards | 1978 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Fact Crime book Member Order of Canada |
Spouse | |
Children | Alexander Jonas (with Sylvia Nemes) b. 1964 |
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