Herman Wouk was an American author best known for historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny (1951) which won the Pulitzer Prize, and The Winds of War (1971) which became a hugely successful miniseries. Wouk was photographed by Karsh in 1980, the year that Wouk won the Alexander Hamilton Medal from the Institute for Public Relations.

See some other Pulitzer Prize winners who were photographed by Karsh.