Joseph Heller
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Joseph Yossarian Heller (1923 - 1999)

Joseph Yossarian Heller
Born in Coney Island, Kings, New York, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 19 Sep 1945 (to about 1985) in New York City, New York, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 76 in East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Joseph Heller is Notable.

Joseph Heller was an American satirical novelist, short story writer, and playwright. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He received his Master of Arts degree in English from Columbia University, and won a Fulbright scholarship to attend Oxford. After graduation, he taught composition at Pennsylvania State University from 1950–1952, and later taught fiction and dramatic writing at Yale. His most popular novel, Catch-22, quickly became a buzzword.

He was the son of poor Jewish parents, Lena and Isaac Donald Heller from Russia. He was married to Shirley Held from 1945 to 1981 and they had two children.

Sources

  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4JB-D49 : accessed 18 April 2019), Joseph Heller in household of Lena Heller, Brooklyn (Districts 1251-1500), Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1457, sheet 10A, line 45, family 220, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1526; FHL microfilm 2,341,261.
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3YZ-WJ5 : accessed 4 December 2022), Joseph Heller in household of Lena Heller, Brooklyn, District 16, Brooklyn, 24-1929, Kings, New York, United States. NARA microfilm publication T627 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ12-DB5 : 7 January 2021), Joseph Heller in household of Frank Berk, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24-398A, sheet 11A, line 33, family 206, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2556.
  • "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMXZ-GZV : 5 December 2014), Joseph Heller, enlisted 19 Oct 1942, New York City, New York, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
  • "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JP7K-PZL : 20 May 2014), Joseph Heller, 12 Dec 1999; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

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