What is George Jonas?
'''George Jonas''' {{Small|[[Order of Canada|CM]]}} (June 15, 1935 &ndash; January 10, 2016) was a [[Hungarians|Hungarian]]-born [[Canadians|Canadian]] writer, poet, and journalist. He wrote 16 books. His best known book was international bestseller ''[[Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team|Vengeance]]'' (1984), the story of an [[Israel]]i operation to kill the terrorists behind the 1972 [[Munich massacre]]. This was made into the movie ''[[Munich (movie)|Munich]]'' (2005), directed by [[Steven Spielberg]] and starring [[Eric Bana]]. He was born in [[Budapest]] to a [[Jewish]] family. Jonas died from [[Parkinson's disease]] on January 10, 2016, aged 69.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Brean|first1=Joseph|title=‘Clever, unafraid and compelling’: Journalist, novelist, poet George Jonas dead at 80|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/george-jonas-dead|access-date=January 11, 2016|work=National Post|date=January 10, 2016}}</ref> == Related pages == *[[List of poets from North America]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{Official|http://www.georgejonas.ca}} * [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004168 George Jonas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526191556/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004168 |date=2006-05-26 }} at [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Jonas, George}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Canadian Jews]] [[Category:Canadian journalists]] [[Category:Canadian television producers]] [[Category:Canadian poets]] [[Category:Columnists]] [[Category:Deaths from Parkinson's disease]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Canada]] [[Category:Hungarian Jews]] [[Category:Jewish writers]] [[Category:Order of Canada]] [[Category:Writers from Budapest]] {{Bio-stub}}