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John Hersey earned early recognition, first as a reporter and then as a novelist. His dispatches from Guadalcanal and Sicily for the Henry Luce magazines Time and Life made him one of the best-known correspondents in World War II. As the war was ending,...

In 1950 John Hersey was considered one of the most promising young writers in the nation. His first novel, A Bell for Adano (1944), had won a Pulitzer Prize in 1945, while his journalistic masterpiece of 1946, Hiroshima, with its successful depiction of...

John Hersey, the author of more than a dozen novels as well as many sketches, commentaries, articles, and essays, has a well-earned reputation as one of America's most important novelists of the post-World War II period, but it is his work as a journalis...

(2002 est. pop. of prefecture 2.9 million). The city of Hiroshima (2002 estimated population 1.1 million) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, situated on Japan's island of Honshu. Today a city dedicated to peace, it was the first to be...

Hiroshima - John Hersey - 1946 Introduction Hiroshima is nonfiction, portraying the stories of six people who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945. These survivors, six people from all walks of life, share their experiences...

Hiroshima (ISBN 0-679-72103-7) is the title of a magazine article written by Pulitzer Prize winner John Hersey that appeared in The New Yorker in August 1946, exactly one year after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima,...

Sixty-two years later, the memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima still holds such a grip on Japan that its defense minister has had to resign simply for suggesting the attack was "unavoidable."Now, in a sign of changing times, the task of spreading Hiroshima's message...

In the following essay, Yavenditti outlines the context of the public's response to the stories in Hiroshima.

In the following essay, Sanders discusses Hersey's writing technique as it develops over his five World War II-related novels, including Hiroshima.

In the following excerpt, Dorsey explores the theme of survival in Hiroshima.

Discusses the book "Hiroshima", written by John Hersey. Provides an overview of underlying themes and the plot. Analyzes major characters and includes a brief overview of the historical context and setting.

A personal essay of why the bombing of Hiroshima was necessary.

After the bombing, there were 5 main survivors. Each were specially detailed by Hersey. This essay gives examples on which character has the strongest personality, and which has the weakest. Also, the character who has my sympathy is also proven in this essay.