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(1914-1993) Novelist. John Hersey was born in Tientsin, China in 1914 and died in Key West, Florida in 1993.

Full Name

John Richard Hersey

Locations

Westchester

Author's Timeline


Unknown

1914

BIRTH

John Hersey was born in Tientsin, China in 1914.

1944

LITWORK

A Bell for Adano


Novel; 1944 Pulitzer Prize winner.

1946

LITWORK

Hiroshima


Nonfiction.

1950

LITWORK

The Wall


Novel.

1959

LITWORK

The War Lover


Novel.

1960

LITWORK

The Child Buyer


Novel.

1968

LITWORK

The Algiers Motel Incident


Nonfiction.

1970

LITWORK

Letter to the Alumni


Novel.

1972

LITWORK

The Conspiracy


Novel.

1987

LITWORK

Blues


Nonfiction.

1990

LITWORK

Fling and Other Stories


Short stories.

1991

LITWORK

Antonietta


Novel.

1993

DEATH

John Hersey died in Key West, Florida in 1993.

1994

LITWORK

Key West Tales


Short stories.

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