Joseph Heller

Writer in East Hampton, NY

Summary of Qualifications:

Professional author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays. Additional background in teaching, US military, airplane piloting, and copy writing. Critically acclaimed for 1961 novel Catch-22, a satire on war and bureaucracy. Fullbright Scholar.

Education:

St Catherine's College, Oxford, England

  • Fullbright Scholar, 1950

Columbia University, New York City, NY

  • Masters of Arts, 1949

New York University, New York City, NY

  • Bachelors in English, 1948

Notable Accomplishments:

  • Critically acclaimed novel, Catch-22
    • Cited as one of the most significant works of protest literature
  • Film adaptation of Catch-22
  • Credited for term “catch-22” in English language
  • Flew 60 combat missions in World War II

Employment History:

Novel Author

  • Catch-22, 1961
  • Something Happened, 1974
  • Good as Gold, 197
  • God Knows, 1984
  • Picture This, 1988
  • Closing Time, 1994
  • Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man, 2000
  • Catch As Catch Can: The Collected Stories and Other Writings, 2003

Autobiography Author

  • Now and Then: From Coney Island to Here, 1998

Screenplay Writer

  • Sex and the Single Girl
  • Casino Royale, 1967
  • Dirty Dingus Magee, 1970

Playwright

  • Clevinger's Trial, 1973
  • Catch-22, 1973
  • We Bombed in New Haven, 1968

McCall's Magazine

  • Promotion Manager, 1958-1961

Look Magazine

  • Advertising Copywriter, 1956-1958

Time Magazine

  • Advertising Copywriter, 1952-1956

Pennsylvania State University

  • English Composition Professor, 1950-1952

US Air Force

  • Bombardier, 1942-1945

Sources:

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Joseph Heller". Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Heller. Accessed 10 December 2021.

“Joseph Heller.” Famous Authors. https://www.famousauthors.org/joseph-heller. Accessed 10 December 2021.