Joseph Heller Biography

Joseph Heller biography

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NAME: Joseph Heller
OCCUPATION: Anti-War Activist, Author
BIRTH DATE: May 01, 1923
DEATH DATE: December 12, 1999
EDUCATION: Columbia University, Oxford University

PLACE OF BIRTH: Brooklyn, New York
PLACE OF DEATH: East Hampton, New York

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Based on his experience, novelist Joseph Heller wrote the satirical novel Catch-22, considered one of the most significant works of postwar protest literature.

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Joseph Heller was born May 1, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. He flew 60 combat missions as a bombardier in World War II before finishing his studies at Columbia and Oxford and working as an advertising copywriter. His satirical novel Catch-22 (1961), based on his wartime experiences, was one of the most significant works of postwar protest literature and a huge critical and popular success.