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Thomas Heggen (December 23, 1918 – May 19, 1949) was an American author best known for his 1946 novel Mister Roberts and its adaptations to stage and screen. Heggen became an Oklahoman in 1935, when in the depths of the Depression his father's business failed and his family moved from Iowa to Oklahoma City for work.
Sixty-five years ago, Houghton Mifflin published a slim volume of fiction titled Mister Roberts, based loosely on the experiences of the author, Thomas Heggen, who had served as assistant communications officer in the cargo ship USS Virgo (AKA-20) in the South Pacific during World War II.
Thomas Heggen was born on December 23, 1919 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, USA. He was a writer, known for Mister Roberts (1955), Ensign Pulver (1964) and Mister Roberts (1965). He died on May 19, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA.
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- May 19, 1949
Thomas Orlo Heggen (December 23, 1918 – May 19, 1949) was an American author best known for his 1946 novel Mister Roberts and its adaptations to stage and screen. Heggen became an Oklahoman in 1935, when in the depths of the Depression his father's business failed and his family moved from Iowa to Oklahoma City for work.
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Thomas Heggen was born on 23 December 1919 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, USA. He was a writer, known for Mister Roberts (1955), Ensign Pulver (1964) and Mister Roberts (1965). He died on 19 May 1949 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Writer
- December 23, 1919
- Thomas Heggen
- May 19, 1949
Thomas Heggen wrote Mister Roberts as a young naval officer on the USS Virgo in 1944. After the war, he struggled with writing after his early success and died tragically in 1949.
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