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Joseph Heller was an American writer, screenwriter, novelist, and playwright. He was born in New York, New York, on May 1, 1923, and died in East Hampton on December 12, 1999, from a myocardial infarction. Heller participated in World War II and was educated at Columbia University and St Catherine's College. He resided in Brooklyn and taught at Pennsylvania State University and the University of Pennsylvania.
His notable works include Catch-22, God Knows, Closing Time, and Something Happened. His writing often featured the genres of satire and black comedy. Heller received the Prix Médicis étranger and a Fulbright Scholarship. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and spoke English.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1923 births, 1999 deaths and 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1 May 1923
- Died
- 12 December 1999
- Works
- 77
Top works
- 第二十二条军规
- Nelson Algren's own book of lonesome monsters
- Heroic War Stories
- good as glod
- something happened
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Film & TV
New York, New York, U.S.
Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays. His best-known work is his debut novel Catch-22 (1961), a satire on war and bureaucracy, whose title has become a synonym for an absurd or contradictory choice. He was nominated in 1972 for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Known for
- The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968
via TMDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Family name
- Heller
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Coney Island
- Place of death
- East Hampton
- Occupation
- autobiographer
- Employer
- University of Pennsylvania
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- American literature
- Genre
- black comedy
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Joseph Heller circa 1979.jpg
- Residence
- Brooklyn
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- Commons category
- Joseph Heller
- date of birth
- 1923-05-01
- date of death
- 1999-12-10
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- topic's main category
- Category:Joseph Heller
- name in native language
- Joseph Heller
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- medical condition
- Guillain–Barré syndrome
- end of work period
- 1999-00-00
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Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to Joseph Heller, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays. His best-known work is his debut novel Catch-22 (1961), a satire on war and bureaucracy, whose title has become a synonym for an absurd or contradictory choice. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature at least twice, in 1972 and 1975.
Early life
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