John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914 – March 24, 1993) was an American writer and journalist. He is considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which …

John Hersey (born June 17, 1914, Tientsin, China—died March 24, 1993, Key West, Fla., U.S.) was an American novelist and journalist noted for his documentary fiction about catastrophic …

Seventy-five years ago, journalist John Hersey’s article “Hiroshima” forever changed how Americans viewed the atomic attack on Japan.

Before his death in 1993, Hersey was recognized by Yale University for his contributions to journalism and literature. Yale established the annual John Hersey Lecture, an avenue for …

John Richard Hersey is a historical and literary fiction author that is best known for his Pulitzer award-winning novel “Hiroshima.” The author was born on June 17, 1914, in Tientsin, China to …

Born in China to missionaries, John Hersey began his journalism career as a correspondent for Time and went on to cover cover World War II for that magazine and Life.

Mar 24, 1993 · John Hersey was an American writer and journalist, renowned for his contributions to contemporary history literature and new journalism. Born in Tianjin, China, in 1914 to …

Mar 24, 1993 · John Richard Hersey, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer, earliest practiced the "new journalism," which fuses storytelling devices of the novel with nonfiction reportage.

In 1945 and '46, Hersey found himself in Japan covering the postwar reconstruction for The New Yorker when he discovered a document written by a Jesuit missionary who had survived the …

In 1944-45, he worked as a correspondent for Time-Life in Moscow. In 1945-46, he went to China and Japan for Life and The New Yorker. Since that time, Mr. Hersey has been a free lance …