John Hersey | |
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 John Hersey, 1958, photographed by Carl Van Vechten | |
| Born | June 17, 1914 Tianjin, China |
| Died | March 24, 1993 (aged 78) Key West, Florida, U.S. |
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| Education | Yale University (BA) Clare College, Cambridge |
| Notable works | Hiroshima (1946) |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for A Bell for Adano |
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| Children | 5 |
John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914 – March 24, 1993) was an American writer and journalist. He is considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling techniques of fiction are adapted to non-fiction reportage.[1] In 1999, Hiroshima, Hersey's account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, was adjudged the finest work of American journalism of the 20th century by a 36-member panel associated with New York University's journalism department.[2]
- ^ Tom Goldstein (1989). Killing the Messenger: 100 Years of Media Criticism. Columbia University Press. p. [page needed]. ISBN 0-231-06602-3.
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- ^ Felicity Barringer (March 1, 1999). "Journalism's Greatest Hits". The New York Times.