Background
HERSEY, John was born on June 17, 1914 in Tientsin, China. Son of Roscoe Monroe Hersey, Senior and Grace Baird Hersey.
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This classic novel and winner of the Pulitzer Prize tells the story of an Italian-American major in World War II who wins the love and admiration of the local townspeople when he searches for a replacement for the 700-year-old town bell that had been melted down for bullets by the fascists. Although stituated during one of the most devastating experiences in human history, John Hersey's story speaks with unflinching patriotism and humanity.
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(THE WAR LOVER is about Buzz Morrow, a pilot who glorifies...)
THE WAR LOVER is about Buzz Morrow, a pilot who glorifies war and his military duties. Hersey makes the point that wars exist precisely because there are men like Buzz who revel in them. At the same time, he gives us a detailed account of a Flying Fortress crew based in England during WW II. The language is rough and expressive, revealing the loyalties, humor, and camaraderie existing in this wartime atmosphere.
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On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic "that stirs the conscience of humanity" (The New York Times). Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, John Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told. His account of what he discovered about them is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of Hiroshima.
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In 1967 three black men were killed and nine other people brutally beaten by, as John Hersey describes it in The Algiers Motel Incident, an "aggregate of Detroit police, Michigan State Troopers, National Guardsmen, and private guards who had been directed to the scene." Responding to a telephoned report of sniping, the police group invaded the Algiers Motel and interrogated ten black men and two white women, none of whom were armed, for an hour. By the time the interrogators left, three men had been shot to death and the others, including the women, beaten.
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( John Hersey (191493) was a correspondent for Time and ...)
John Hersey (191493) was a correspondent for Time and Life magazines when in 1942 he was sent to cover Guadalcanal, the largest of the Solomon Islands in the Western Pacific. While there, Hersey observed a small battle upon which Into the Valley is based. While the battle itself was not of great significance, Hersey gives insightful details concerning the jungle environment, recounts conversations among the men before, during, and after battle, and describes how the wounded were evacuated as well as other works of daily heroism.
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(From the revered Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and wr...)
From the revered Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and writer, comes his National Bestseller on one of the worlds oldest and most popular activities, fishing. Presented in narrative form as a conversation between a Fisherman and the Stranger, Hersey draws upon his own experiences and passion as the fisherman reflects on the age old sport, offering his own insights and thoughts. From the depths of the ocean to the creatures near the shore, Hersey perfectly answers why fishing has been such an integral part of humanity. Almost no one has answered why fish? better than Mr. Hersey . . . what he does best of all is evoke wonder.New York Times Book Review Blues is, of course, about much more than the pleasures and techniqu3es of fishing; it is, as Fisherman tells Stranger, about interconnectionsthe ties between mankind and the natural world, among others.The New Yorker Wonderful . . . He gives us a rich and vivid sense of ocean life. . . . The whole thing is as stately as a minuet, and as graceful.Chicago Sun-Times
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HERSEY, John was born on June 17, 1914 in Tientsin, China. Son of Roscoe Monroe Hersey, Senior and Grace Baird Hersey.
Student, Hotchkiss School, 1932. Student, Cambridge University, England, 1937. Bachelor, Yale University, 1936.
Degree (honorary), Yale University, 1947. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Washington Jefferson College, 1950. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Dropsie College, 1950.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), New School Social Research, 1950. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Wesleyan University, 1954. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Bridgeport University, 1964.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), University New Haven, 1970. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Clarkson College of Technology, 1972. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Syracuse University, 1983.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Yale University, 1984. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Monmouth College, 1986. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), College William Mary, 1987.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Albertus Magnus College, 1988.
President 1948-1954, President 1975-1980. Fellow. Berkeley College, Yale University 1950-1965. Master, Pierson College, Yale University 1965-1970, Fellow since 1965.
Writer in Residence, American Academy, in Rome 1970-1971.
Lecturer, Yale University 1971-1976, Visiting Professor 1976-1977, Professor 1977-1984, Adjunct Professor Emeritus since 1984. Visiting Professor M.l.T. 1975.
Fellow, Clare College, Cambridge University 1967. Honorary Master of Arts (Yale) 1947, Doctor of Laws (Washington, Jefferson College) 1946, Doctorate.H.Litt.
(Dropsie College) 1950, Doctor of Humane Letters (New School for Social Research) 1950, Doctor of Letters (Wesleyan University) 1957, (Clarkson College, of Technology) 1972, (Syracuse) 1983, (Yale) 1984, (William and Mary) 1987, (Albertus Magnus) 1988.
(This classic novel and winner of the Pulitzer Prize tells...)
( In 1967 three black men were killed and nine other peop...)
( John Hersey (191493) was a correspondent for Time and ...)
(From the revered Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and wr...)
(On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first a...)
(THE WAR LOVER is about Buzz Morrow, a pilot who glorifies...)
(Writer's Craft Jun 01, 1973 Hersey, John)
Chairman Connecticut Committee for Gifted, 1954-1957. Member visiting committee Harvard Graduate School Education, 1960-1965, Loeb Drama Center, Harvard, 1980-1993. Trustee Putney School, 1953-1956, National Citizens' Council for Public Schools, 1956-1958, National Committee for Support Public Schools, 1962-1968.
Delegate White House Conference on Education, 1955, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Congress, Tokyo, 1958. Commissioner National Commission on New Technology Uses of Copyrighted Works, 1975-1978. Member Authors League American (council 1946-1970, 75-93, vice president 1948-1954, president 1975-1980), American Academy and Institute Arts and Letters (secretary 1962-1977, chancellor 1981-1984), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Authors Guild (council 1946-1993, chairman contract committee 1963-1987 ).
Married Frances Ann Cannon, April 27, 1940 (divorced February 1958). Children: Martin, John, Ann, Baird. Married Barbara Day Kaufman, June 2, 1958.
1 child, Brook.