John Hersey

1914 - 1993

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: United States of America

native language: Chinese

languages spoken, written or signed: English, Chinese

educated at: Yale University, Hotchkiss School, Briarcliff High School, University of Cambridge, Trumbull College

occupation: journalist, novelist, essayist, writer, screenwriter, historian

award received: Rome Prize, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, National Jewish Book Awards, The Hillman Prize

John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914 – March 24, 1993) 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)