Philip Caputo
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June 10, 1941 Westchester, Illinois |
| Alma mater | Loyola University Chicago |
| Occupation | Author, journalist |
| Website | www |
Philip Caputo (born June 10, 1941) is an American author and journalist. He is best known for A Rumor of War, a best-selling memoir of his experiences during the Vietnam War. Caputo has written 16 books, including two memoirs, five books of general nonfiction, and eight novels. His latest is the novel Some Rise By Sin, to be published in 2017 by Henry Holt.
Philip Caputo was born in Chicago, and raised in the suburbs of Berwyn and Westchester. He attended Fenwick High School and Loyola University Chicago, graduating with a B.A. in English in 1964. From 1965–1966 Caputo served in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN) as an infantry lieutenant (platoon commander) in the United States Marine Corps. Caputo served in combat and earned several medals and awards upon completion of his tour of duty.
After serving three years in the Corps, Caputo began a career in journalism, joining the staff of the Chicago Tribune in 1968. In 1973, Caputo was part of a writing team that won the Pulitzer Prize for reporting on election fraud in Chicago. For the next five years, he was a foreign correspondent for the Tribune. He covered the fall of Saigon in 1975, and he served in Italy, the Soviet Union and the Middle East. He was shot and wounded in the feet by a militiaman with an AK-47 during the Battle of the Hotels in Lebanon in 1975.
Philip Caputo's acclaimed memoir of Vietnam, A Rumor of War, has been published in 15 languages, has sold two million copies since its publication in 1977, and is widely regarded as a classic in the literature of war. The book was made into a two-part TV movie starring Brad Davis, Keith Carradine, Brian Dennehy, and Michael O'Keefe in 1980. A Fortieth Anniversary Edition of A Rumor of War will be reissued in summer 2017.
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