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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.
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.
Jun 13, 2024 · 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.
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 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.
Aug 6, 2021 · Her new book is about journalist John Hersey, who, in 1946, wrote the first detailed account of the death, destruction and radiation poisoning in Hiroshima, which U.S. military censors had...
Aug 31, 2016 · Russell Shorto writes about the seventieth anniversary of John Hersey’s landmark reporting from Hiroshima following the atomic attack by the United States.
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...
Aug 7, 2020 · Journalist John Hersey helped expose the bomb’s lasting damage, which the U.S. government tried to downplay. In a new book, “Fallout,” which coincides with the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima ...
Mar 24, 1993 · A 36-member panel under the aegis of journalism department of New York University adjudged account of Hersey of the aftermath of the atomic bomb, dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, as the finest piece of journalism of the 20th century. John Richard Hersey, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer, earliest practiced the "new journalism," which fuses ...
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