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John Hersey
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American journalist, novelist, professor (1914-1993)
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- Born
- 17 June 1914
- Died
- 24 March 1993
- Works
- 185
Top works
- My petition for more space
- Hiroshima
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
- Ohev ha-milḥamah
- Hīrūshīmā
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Tianjin
- Place of death
- Key West
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Employer
- Yale University
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Native language
- Chinese
- Notable work
- Hiroshima
- Image
- Johnhersey.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
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- date of birth
- 1914-06-17
- date of death
- 1993-03-24
- Commons category
- John Hersey
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- archives at
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- birth name
- John Richard Hershey
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- English language
- contributor to the creative work or subject
- The New Yorker
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