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John Hersey

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born

June 17, 1914 in Tientsin, China

died

March 24, 1993

gender

male

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History, Literature & Fiction

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John Richard Hersey was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer and journalist considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling devices of the novel are fused with non-fiction reportage. Hersey's account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, was adjudged the finest piece of journalism of the 20th century by a 36-member panel under the aegis of New York University's journalism department.

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Books by John Hersey

Average rating: 3.84 · 14,877 ratings · 991 reviews · 38 distinct works

	Hiroshima 3.83 avg rating — 12,251 ratings — published 1946 — 56 editions	My rating:
	A Bell for Adano 3.89 avg rating — 1,380 ratings — published 1944 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Wall 4.22 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 1950 — 8 editions	My rating:
	A Single Pebble 3.60 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 1956 — 4 editions	My rating:
	White Lotus 4.17 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1976 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Child Buyer 3.69 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 1960 — 6 editions	My rating:
	My Petition for More Space 3.97 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1974 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Antonietta 3.52 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Blues 3.67 avg rating — 49 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Algiers Motel Incident by John Hersey, Thomas J. Sugrue (Introduction) 3.73 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1971 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by John Hersey

“Do not work primarily for money; do your duty to patients first and let the money follow; our life is short, we don't live twice; the whirlwind will pick up the leaves and spin them, but then it will drop them and they will form a pile.”
― John Hersey, Hiroshima

tags: doctor , money , physician , wealth

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“Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.”
― John Hersey

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“The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose. Does it not have material and spiritual evil as its consequences which far exceed whatever good might result? When will our moralists give us an answer to this question?”
― John Hersey, Hiroshima

tags: war

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