The musical South Pacific is an adaptation of a work based on the author's experiences in World War II. Who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that inspired the musical?

Michener's 1947 novel is actually a collection of short stories called Tales of the South Pacific based on his experiences as a lieutenant Naval commander on the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides.

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