About:
Dalton Trumbo (December
9, 1905 - September 10, 1976) was among the most prolific and important
literary figures of his time. One of the famous Hollywood Ten, he
refused to testify about his alleged communist affiliations before the
House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947. Blacklisted from the
film industry and charged with contempt of Congress, he served an
eleven-month prison sentence.
Johnny Got His Gun, the most
highly acclaimed work of Trumbo's extraordinary career, won a National
Book award (then known as an American Book Sellers Award) in 1939. The
idea for the novel came to Trumbo after he learned of a British soldier
who was seriously injured during World War I.
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