Joseph Heller
Playwright, Author
1923 – 1999
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Who was Joseph Heller?
Joseph Heller was an American satirical novelist, short story writer, and playwright. The title of one of his works, Catch-22, entered the English lexicon to refer to a vicious circle wherein an absurd, no-win choice, particularly in situations in which the desired outcome of the choice is an impossibility, and regardless of choice, a same negative outcome is a certainty. Although he is remembered primarily for Catch-22, his other works center on the lives of various members of the middle class and remain examples of modern satire.
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- Born
- May 1, 1923
Coney Island - Also known as
- Joe Heller
- Spouses
- Shirley Held
(1945 - 1981) - Valerie Humphries
(1987 - 1999/12/10)
- Shirley Held
- Children
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- St Catherine's College, Oxford
(1949 - 1950) - Abraham Lincoln High School
( - 1941) - New York University
- University of Oxford
- University of Southern California
- Lived in
- Brooklyn
- Died
- Dec 12, 1999
East Hampton
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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