Joseph Heller
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| - | '''Joseph Heller''' ([[May 1]], [[1923]] – [[December 12]], [[1999]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[satirical]] [[novelist]] and [[playwright]]. He wrote the influential ''[[Catch-22]]'' about American servicemen during [[World War II]]. It was this work whose title (which was originally Catch-18) became the term commonly used to express [[absurdity]] in [[choice]]. | + | '''Joseph Heller''' (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an [[American author]]. His best-known work is the 1961 novel ''[[Catch-22]]'', a [[satire]] on [[war]] and [[bureaucracy]], whose title has become a synonym for an [[absurd]] or [[contradictory]] [[choice]]. |
| - | Heller is widely regarded as one of the best post-World War satirists. Although he is remembered mostly by his landmark ''Catch-22,'' his works, centered on the lives of various members of the middle classes, remain exemplars of modern satire.{{GFDL}} | + | {{GFDL}} |
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Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American author. His best-known work is the 1961 novel Catch-22, a satire on war and bureaucracy, whose title has become a synonym for an absurd or contradictory choice.
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