Lévine, Isaac Don, 1892-1981

Epithet: US writer on Russian affairs

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000351.0x0003a3

Isaac Don Levine (1892-1981), journalist and author. Born in Russia into a family of a Zionist sympathizer, he came to the United States in 1911 and worked for the Kansas City Star and the New York Tribune. In the early 1920s he returned to Russia to cover the civil war as a correspondent for American newspapers. In the late 1920s and during the 1930s, Levine became well known as a columnist for the Hearst newspapers. After World War II, he became editor of Plain Talk, an anti-communist monthly. He was also author of more than a dozen books. In the early 1950s, Levine was active in forming the American Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia, organized in Munich, West Germany, with the objective of seeking the overthrow of the Soviet regime.

From the description of Isaac Don Levine papers, 1914-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 213481535

American journalist and author.

From the description of Isaac Don Levine miscellaneous papers, 1957-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867694

Biographical/Historical Note

American journalist and author.

From the guide to the Isaac Don Levine miscellaneous papers, 1957-1958, (Hoover Institution Archives)