Editing Ira Levin (section)

==Early life==
Levin was born on August 27, 1929, in Manhattan, New York City. He grew up in both Manhattan and [[the Bronx]].<ref name=NYT/> His father, Charles, was a toy importer. Levin was educated at the private [[Horace Mann School]] in New York. During his youth, he was described as "a nice Jewish boy from New York".<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://theamericanreader.com/the-banality-of-evil-rosemarys-baby-the-miniseries/|title=The Banality of Evil: Rosemary's Baby, the Miniseries |first=Kelsey|last=Osgood|website= The American Reader}}</ref> He attended [[Drake University]] in [[Des Moines, Iowa]] from 1946 to 1948 and then [[New York University]], where he majored in philosophy and English. He graduated in 1950. He served in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[United States Army Signal Corps|Signal Corps]], during the [[Korean War]], from 1953 to 1955.<ref name="OBIT">{{cite news |last=Hawtree |first=Christopher |date=15 November 2007 |title=Ira Levin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/nov/15/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=United Kingdom |access-date= April 9, 2016}}</ref>