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John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914 – March 24, 1993) was an American writer and journalist. He is considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling techniques of fiction are adapted to non-fiction reportage.
John Hersey (born June 17, 1914, Tientsin, China—died March 24, 1993, Key West, Fla., U.S.) was an American novelist and journalist noted for his documentary fiction about catastrophic events in World War II.
Aug 6, 2015 · To mark the seventieth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, we’ve made all of John Hersey’s landmark 1946 report on the bombing available online.
Hiroshima is a 1946 book by American author John Hersey. It tells the stories of six survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It is regarded as one of the earliest examples of New Journalism, in which the story-telling techniques of fiction are adapted to non-fiction reporting.
Every day, memories of World War II—its sights and sounds, its terrors and triumphs—disappear. Seventy-five years ago, journalist John Hersey’s article “Hiroshima” forever changed how Americans viewed the atomic attack on Japan.
Apr 22, 2019 · John Hersey and the Art of Fact Hersey pioneered a radically new form of journalism. But he grew convinced that his higher calling was fiction, and nobody could persuade him otherwise.
Aug 19, 2020 · Lesley M.M. Blume's new book tells the story of John Hersey, the young journalist whose on-the-ground reporting in Hiroshima, Japan, exposed the world to the...
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