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Berton Roueché

American journalist · United States · On the map · Journalists · Lived 1910 to 1994 · aged 84

Clarence Berton Roueché Jr. was an American medical writer who wrote for The New Yorker magazine for almost fifty years. He wrote twenty books, including Eleven Blue Men (1954), The Incurable Wound (1958), Feral (1974), and The Medical Detectives (1980).

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An article he wrote for The New Yorker was made into the 1956 film Bigger Than Life, and many of the medical mysteries on the television show House were inspired by Roueché's writings.

Country
United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 1994 · aged 84

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