Durant, Will and Ariel

Durant, Will(iam James) and Ariel

 Ariel Durant orig. Ada Kaufman or Ida Kaufman

(born Nov. 5, 1885, North Adams, Mass., U.S.—died Nov. 7, 1981, Los Angeles, Calif.) (born May 10, 1898, Prosurov, Russia—died Oct. 25, 1981, Los Angeles) U.S. writers. After the great success of Will's Story of Philosophy (1926), they cowrote the 11-volume The Story of Civilization (1935–75), including Rousseau and Revolution (1967, Pulitzer Prize). Though involved in the writing of every volume, Ariel was not listed as coauthor until the seventh.