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JOSEPH HELLER
Lifespan:
May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999
Son of poor
Jewish immigrants from Russia,
Joseph
Heller graduated
from
Abraham
Lincoln
High
School in
1941 and began work as a file clerk for an
insurance agency. In 1942, as the United States joined
World War II,
Heller joined the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Two years later he was sent to the
Italian Front, where
he flew
60 combat missions as a
B-25 bombardier.
After the war, Heller
studied English receiving
an
M.A. at
Columbia University in 1949. He then taught
English at
Pennsylvania State University (1950–52). In
1953, Heller began writing
Catch-22, the work that
would permanently etch his
name in American literature. Set during World War II, the novel is widely regarded
as
one of the greatest literary works of the 20th century. Heller wrote another six
novels which sold well. However, they were inevitably overshadowed by the success
of Catch-22. Heller also wrote an autobiography,
Now and Then: From Coney Island
to Here (1998), and his dramatic work includes the play
We Bombed in New Haven
(1968).
Famous Novels:-
NOVEL
YEAR
Catch-22
1961
Something Happened
1974
Closing Time
1994
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J. D. SALINGER
Lifespan:
January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010
After
brief
periods
at
New
York
and
Columbia universities,
Jerome David Salinger devoted
himself entirely to writing. His stories began to appear in
periodicals in 1940. In 1942,
Salinger was drafted into
the
United States army. During the
Second World War, he
saw combat with the
12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry
Division. He was present at
Utah Beach on
D-Day, in
the
Battle of the Bulge, and the
Battle of Hurtgen Forest.
His
most famous work,
The Catcher in the Rye, was
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