John Hersey
American journalist, novelist, professor (1914-1993) · United States · On the map · Journalists · Died at 78
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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Henry King Directed A Bell for Adano (1945)
Arthur Hornblow, Jr. Produced The War Lover (1962)
Lamar Trotti Produced A Bell for Adano (1945)
Philip Leacock Directed The War Lover (1962)
Leland Hayward Produced A Bell for Adano (1967)
Robert Markowitz Directed The Wall (1982)
Louis D. Lighton Produced A Bell for Adano (1945)
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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.
