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John Hersey

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American journalist, novelist, professor (1914-1993)

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John Richard Hersey was an American writer and journalist. He is considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling techniques of fiction are adapted to non-fiction reportage.

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1970Rome Prize
1951Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
1950National Jewish Book Awards
1950The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism
1945Pulitzer Prize for the Novel

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John Richard Hersey was an American writer and journalist. He is considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling techniques of fiction are adapted to non-fiction reportage. In 1999, Hiroshima, Hersey's account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, was adjudged the finest work of American journalism of the 20th century by a 36-member panel associated with New York University's journalism department.

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United States
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Journalists
Type
Journalist
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deceased
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Lived 1914 to 1993 · aged 78
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27 languages

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