Joseph Heller

Joseph Heller was an American writer, screenwriter, novelist, playwright and journalist (1923–1999). He was born at New York City and died at East Hampton.

Overview

Born at New York City in 1923, died at East Hampton in 1999.

Career and activity

Joseph Heller worked in creative and professional writing and American literature.

He was employed by Pennsylvania State University and University of Pennsylvania. He belonged to American Academy of Arts and Letters. He worked at Brooklyn.

Work and production

Works recorded as notable number 8: Catch-22, God Knows, No Laughing Matter, Picture This, Closing Time, Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man, Now and Then and Something Happened. His recorded genres are satire and black comedy.

Catalogued works

41 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1825 to 1831. The first 12 are listed here.

Yossarian. Colonel Cathcart. Milo Minderbinder. Nately. Scheisskopf. Catch-22. God Knows. Something Happened. Good as Gold. Picture This. Closing Time. No Laughing Matter.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Heller, Joseph (1923-1999), novelist, playwright, and memoirist, American National Biography Online, 2001. Heller, Joseph, Encyclopedia of the Bible Online. An Interview with Joseph Heller, Contemporary Literature, 1998. Heller, Joseph, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature, 2017. Heller, Joseph 1923-, Reader's Guide to Literature in English, 2012.

In detail

Joseph Heller studied at Columbia University, St Catherine's College and Abraham Lincoln High School. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing and American literature. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are satire and black comedy.

Residence is recorded at Brooklyn. Employment is recorded with Pennsylvania State University and University of Pennsylvania. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Works named in the authority record are Catch-22, God Knows, No Laughing Matter, Picture This, Closing Time and Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man.

Distinctions recorded are Prix Médicis étranger and Fulbright Scholarship.

Chronology

  1. 1923Joseph Heller born at New York City.
  2. 1999Joseph Heller died at East Hampton.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Joseph Heller”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q208101: Joseph Heller

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