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Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays. His best-known work is the 1961 novel Catch-22 , a satire on war and bureaucracy, whose title has become a synonym for an absurd or contradictory choice.
Joseph Heller (born May 1, 1923, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died December 12, 1999, East Hampton, New York) was an American writer whose novel Catch-22 (1961) was one of the most significant works of protest literature to appear after World War II.
Catch-22 is a satirical war novel by American author Joseph Heller. It is his debut novel . He began writing it in 1953; the novel was first published in 1961.
May 29, 2024 · 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.
This fiftieth-anniversary edition commemorates Joseph Heller’s masterpiece with a new introduction by Christopher Buckley; a wealth of critical essays and reviews by Norman Mailer, Alfred Kazin, Anthony Burgess, and others; rare papers and photos from Joseph Heller’s personal archive; and much more.
Joseph Heller was an unknown novelist on November 10, 1961, the official date of the publication of his first book, Catch-22. Within two years, the novel and the author had made a place for themselves in literary history.
Dec 12, 1999 · About Joseph Heller: Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.Joseph Heller was the son of poor Jewish pa...
Oct 13, 2011 · Joseph Heller's irreverent World War II novel — named for the now-famous paradox — was published on Oct. 11, 1961. His take on war meshed perfectly with the anti-authoritarian generation that...
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).
May 18, 2018 · Joseph Heller. Joseph Heller (born 1923) is a popular and respected writer whose first and best-known novel, Catch-22 (1961), is considered a classic of the post- World War II era. Presenting human existence as absurd and fragmented, this irreverent, witty novel satirizes capitalism and the military bureaucracy.
