Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller | |
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Heller c. 1979 | |
| Born | May 1, 1923 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | December 12, 1999 (aged 76) East Hampton, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Cedar Lawn Cemetery East Hampton, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | |
| Genre | Satire, black comedy |
| Notable works | Catch-22, Something Happened |
| Spouse | Shirley Held
(m. 1945; div. 1984)Valerie Humphries (m. 1989) |
| Children | 2 |
| Signature | |
Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays. His best-known work is his debut novel Catch-22 (1961), a satire on war and bureaucracy, whose title has become a synonym for an absurd or contradictory choice. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature at least twice, in 1972 and 1975.