Joseph Heller papers, 1952-1998.

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Joseph Heller papers, 1952-1998.

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The Joseph Heller Papers at the University of South Carolina are a comprehensive collection of notes, manuscripts and working drafts made by Heller for all of his books, beginning with his second novel, Something happened. Also included in this collection are earlier materials relating to the dramatization of Catch-22, his play We bombed in New Haven, and several unproduced screenplays co-written with his childhood friend, novelist George Mandel. Background biographical material for Heller's memoir Now and then includes family correspondence, reminiscences from childhood friends, and copies of his wartime flight records. The materials from Closing time, the sequel to Catch-22, include correspondence with fellow World War II veterans.

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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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 s...