13 Facts About Philip Caputo

Philip Caputo was born on June 10,1941 and is an American author and journalist.

Philip Caputo is best known for A Rumor of War, a best-selling memoir of his experiences during the Vietnam War.

Philip Caputo's latest is the novel Memory and Desire which was published in 2023 by Arcade Publishing.

Philip Caputo was born in Westchester, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and raised in Berwyn and Westchester.

Philip Caputo served in combat and earned several medals and awards upon completion of his tour of duty.

In 1973, Philip Caputo was part of a writing team that won the Pulitzer Prize for reporting on election fraud in Chicago.

Philip Caputo covered the fall of Saigon in 1975, and he worked in Italy, the Soviet Union and the Middle East.

Memory and Desire, Philip Caputo's 18th book, is a novel set in south Florida about love and the persistence of love, about desire and desire remembered, and the reunion of a fifty-year-old man with a son he fathered out of wedlock in his youth.

Philip Caputo has lectured at approximately 20 universities and prep schools around the country, and has been a featured speaker for the National Book Committee, the American Library Association, and the American Publishers Association.

Philip Caputo has participated in the Key West Literary Seminar, Tennessee Williams Literary Festival, Chicago Humanities Festival, and the Cheltenham Literary Festival in Cheltenham, England.

Philip Caputo has worked as a screenwriter for Paramount Pictures and Michael Douglas Productions.

Philip Caputo has been a guest on the Charlie Rose Show and the Today Show.

Philip Caputo has narrated or appeared in several TV documentaries on the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and other subjects.