Joseph Heller

Joseph Heller
Heller at the Miami Book Fair International (1986)
Born	(1923-05-01)May 1, 1923 New York City, U.S.
Died	December 12, 1999(1999-12-12) (aged 76) East Hampton, New York, U.S.
Resting place	Cedar Lawn Cemetery East Hampton, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Writer[1]
Alma mater	New York University (BA) Columbia University (MA)
Genre	Satire, black comedy
Notable works	Catch-22, Something Happened
Spouse	Shirley Held (1945–1984; divorced; 2 children) Valerie Humphries (1987–1999; his death)
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Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays. His best-known work is the 1961 novel Catch-22, a satire on war and bureaucracy, whose title has become a synonym for an absurd or contradictory choice. He was nominated in 1972 for the Nobel Prize in Literature.^[2]