Heller, Joseph, 1940-

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Author Joseph Heller was born and raised in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, N.Y. He served in the Air Force in World War II, and was educated at NYU, Columbia, and as a Fullbright Scholar at Oxford. He worked as an English instructor at Penn State University and became a copy writer for several New York ad agencies. His first novel, the highly-regarded World War II black comedy Catch-22, became a phenomenon by anticipating key themes in the social unrest that characterized the 1960s; the success allowed him to devote himself to writing full-time. He went on to write several other novels, as well as screenplays, short stories, plays, and a memoir about his experiences with Guillain-Barre syndrome.

From the description of Joseph Heller letters and related material, 1969-1980. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 64552830

Joseph Heller was one of the most important American writers, journalists and playwrights of post-World War II era..

From the description of Collection, 1945-1969 (Brandeis University Library). WorldCat record id: 276358897
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referencedIn Clark, Mary Louise. Twain, Cummings, and Heller : three satirists' visions / by Mary Louise Clark. University of Houston, Clear Lake, Alfred R. Neumann Library
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. Typed letter signed : New York, N.Y., to William Leigh Godshalk, 1972 Dec. 12. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. First novel since Catch-22 : Something happened / [Joseph Heller, 1974?]. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. Letter, 1974 March 13 to James Nagle, [Northwestern University]. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. Good as Gold : [proof] / Joseph Heller. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. Collection, 1945-1969 Brandeis University Library
referencedIn Pierce, Wm. J. Quitclaim deed to Joseph Heller, S.F., for sale of land in Shasta County, Calif., 1886 November 24. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Edgar Dannenberg correspondence, 1952-1994 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. Weintraub was slipped into the room at the last moment ... : typescript / [Joseph Heller, ca. 1979?]. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. We bombed in New Haven : typescript / by Joseph Heller, 1968 Jan. 8. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn Bruccoli, Matthew Joseph, 1931-. [Joseph Heller introduction] : typescript / [Matthew J. Bruccoli]. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Aldridge, John W. John W. Aldridge papers, 1942-2006. Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. Literature of despair : outline : typescript, 1996 / Joseph Heller. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. We bombed in New Haven : typescript / by Joseph Heller, 1969 Jan. 6. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. God knows : corrected typescript, [1984]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. [Papers relating to Joseph Heller's statement for the Authors take sides on Vietnam project] 1967-1968 University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf World War II writer's symposium. Roundtable discussion, 13-14 April 1995 / William Price Fox, moderator. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. Something happened : [proof] / Joseph Heller. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Jones, James, 1921-1977. James Jones Papers, 1890-1981 (bulk 1941-1978). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. Now and then : a Coney Island memoir / Joseph Heller. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. Joseph Heller letters and related material, 1969-1980. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Porcupine's Quill, Inc. Correspondence When Tim Inkster Was Editor of the Literary Magazine - Seven; University College, University of Toronto, 1970. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Henry, Buck. Catch 22 : [screenplay] : mimeograph copy of typescript, 1968 July 29. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Buckley, Christopher, 1952-. Christopher Buckley - Joseph Heller Correspondence, 1994-2000. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. The Pulitzer prize plays from 1918 to 1935. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. [Scrapbook] 1962-1975. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. Literature of despair : typescript, 1996 / Joseph Heller. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Schneider, Sidney H. Sidney H. Schneider papers, [ca.1941-1946]. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Toronto Workshop Productions Archives. We Bombed in New Haven / by Joseph Heller, 1967 - unproduced reading script. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn Whitfield, Stephen J., 1942-. Still the best catch there is [videorecording] : Joseph Heller's Catch 22 / Stephen Whitfield. Brandeis University Library
referencedIn New World Writing records Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Howard, Elizabeth Jane. Papers of Elizabeth Jane Howard, 1933-2009. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Paramount Pictures Corporation. Catch-22 : typescript / Publicity Department. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. Now and then : from Coney Island to here : [proof] / Joseph Heller. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. Catch-22 : a dramatization : typescript, 1971 / by Joseph Heller. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. God knows : typescript, 1984. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. Epilogue to God knows : typescript, [1985 Jan. 22]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Kirsch, Robert. Robert Kirsch papers, 1979. The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library
referencedIn Bruccoli, Matthew J. (Matthew Joseph), 1931-2008. Matthew J. Bruccoli papers 1894-2010. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. Letter, 1994 November 15 to Jon Lewis Allen. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. Picture this : [proof] / Joseph Heller. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Joseph Heller is the author of Catch-22 ... : typescript. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. God knows : [proof] / Joseph Heller. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Sale, Richard, 1930-. Archive of papers from Richard B. Sale, 1956-1981 (bulk 1967-1973). University of North Texas Library, UNT
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. Joseph Heller papers, 1952-1998. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. Typed letter signed : New York, N.Y., to Walter Miller, 1974 Mar. 11. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. Now and then : a Coney Island memoir / Joseph Heller. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Heller, Joseph. Now and then : from Coney Island to here. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Miller, Walter. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Joe Heller, 19--. Pierpont Morgan Library.
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