Joseph Heller
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- | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | + | '''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. |
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Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an 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.
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.[1] [Apr 2007]