Mordecai Roshwald
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Mordecai Roshwald is an American
United States
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 academic and writer. Born in Poland
Poland
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, he later emigrated to Israel
Israel
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. His most famous work is the novel Level 7
Level 7
Level 7 is a 1959 science fiction novel by the American writer Mordecai Roshwald. It is told from the first person perspective of a modern soldier X-127 living in the underground military complex Level 7, where he was expected to reside permanently, fulfilling the role of commanding his nation's...

, a post-apocalyptic science-fiction novel. He is a "professor emeritus
Emeritus
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 of humanities at the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
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, and a visiting professor at many universities worldwide."

He currently resides in Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring, Maryland
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, United States
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