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Born: May 1, 1923 Brooklyn, New York Died: December 12, 1999 East Hampton, New York American author. Joseph Heller was a popular and respected writer whose first and best-known novel, Catch-22 (1961), was considered a classic piece of literature in the second half of the twentieth century.
Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American satirist best remembered for writing the satiric World War II classic novel Catch-22. The literary devices established in this first novel continued in his other books. The book was partly based on Heller's own experiences.
Mar 27, 2023 · Catch-22 wasn’t really about World War II. Joseph Heller at the College of Marin. / Janet Fries/GettyImages. Catch-22, which was released to wide—though not universal—acclaim in 1961 ...
Catch-22, satirical novel by American writer Joseph Heller, published in 1961. The work centers on Captain John Yossarian, stationed in the Mediterranean during World War II, and chronicles his desperate attempts to stay alive, as he concocts ever more inventive ways of escaping his missions.
Joseph Heller has 57 books on Goodreads with 1957194 ratings. Joseph Heller’s most popular book is Catch-22.
Dec 12, 1999 · William Saroyon. edit data. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. Joseph Heller was the son of poor Jewish parents from Russia. Even as a child, he loved to write; at the age of eleven, he wrote a story about the Russian invasion of Finland. He sent it to New York Daily News, which rejected it.
The American novelist and dramatist Joseph Heller, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 1, 1923, began his writing career as the author of short stories but won immediate acclaim with Catch-22 (1961). A protest novel underscored with dark humor, Catch-22 satirizes the horrors of war and the power of modern society, especially
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