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John Hersey | | Birth Date: |
17 June 1914 | | Death Date: |
24 March 1993 |
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 Biography of John (Richard) Hersey
10,326 words, approx. 34 pages
 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... summary from source:
 Biography of John Hersey
7,566 words, approx. 25 pages
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... summary from source:
Biography of John (Richard) Hersey
7,359 words, approx. 25 pages
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...
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 John Hersey Quotes
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 Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live...
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 Hersey, John (1914-1993) Summary
151 words, approx. 1 pagesBorn in China to missionaries, John Hersey began his journalism career as a correspondent for Time and went on to cover cover World War II for that magazine and Life. He had already won a Pulitzer Prize for a World War II novel he had written—A... summary from source:
 John Hersey Information
562 words, approx. 2 pages
John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914 – March 24, 1993) was an American writer and...
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 AP News Stamps honor distinguished journalists
10/5/2007: 635 words, approx. 2 pagesFive journalists who covered the most tumultuous of 20th century times are being honored by the Postal Service."These distinguished journalists risked their lives to report the events that shaped the modern world," said Postmaster General Jack Potter, who announced the stamp series at the Associated... summary from source:
AP News Bette Davis featured on new 2008 stamps
12/27/2007: 737 words, approx. 3 pagesA face that will tease you, and please you and perhaps unease you is coming to the post office next year, it's those Bette Davis eyes.On the 100th anniversary of her birth the great actress will be honored on a commemorative stamp, the 14th in... summary from source:
AP News Bette Davis stars in 2008 postage stamps
12/27/2007: 737 words, approx. 3 pagesA face that will tease you, and please you and perhaps unease you is coming to the post office next year, it's those Bette Davis eyes.On the 100th anniversary of her birth the great actress will be honored on a commemorative stamp, the 14th in... summary from source:
AP News HBO shows docu on atomic bomb survivors
8/6/2007: 999 words, approx. 3 pagesIt's hard to imagine HBO's disturbing documentary on survivors of the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan appearing on an American TV network 10 or 20 years after the event. Filmmaker Steve Okazaki tried _ and failed _ to make it for the 50th anniversary.There's...
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