Joseph A. D. H. Heller

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Person
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Great_Neck_North_High_School
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:associated_act The Heller Awards
The Heller Foundation
The Heller Institute
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Joseph_Heller_Award
gptkb:award
gptkbp:birth_date 1923-05-01
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Turtle_Creek,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:children gptkb:Toni_Heller
gptkb:Jason_Heller
gptkb:Tina_Heller
Martha Heller
Erin Heller
Joseph Heller Jr.
gptkbp:death_date 1999-12-12
gptkbp:famous_quote “ It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
“ The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.”
“ I don't know what I want, but I want it now.”
“ There is no reason why the same man should be a good writer and a good soldier.”
“ You can't be a writer without writing.”
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Author
gptkb:comic_book
gptkb:High_School
Satire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Joseph A. D. H. Heller
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:David_Foster_Wallace
gptkb:Kurt_Vonnegut
gptkb:Tom_Robbins
postmodern literature
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:F._Scott_Fitzgerald
gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Ernest_Hemingway
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Catch-22
gptkbp:military_branch gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:U._S._Army_Air_Corps
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:notable_work Good as Gold
Something Happened
Closing Time
Picture This
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Author
gptkb:playwright
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:East_Hampton,_New_York
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Valerie_Heller
Shirley Heller
gptkbp:style gptkb:Absurdism
gptkb:absurdism
Dark humor
dark humor
satirical realism
gptkbp:website josephheller.com