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§Author· 2 books
John Hersey
John Hersey was born in Tientsin, China, the son of missionaries. He returned to the United States with his family at the age of ten. He attended the Hotchkiss School, then Yale University, then Cambridge University. In 1937 he worked as a secretary for Sinclair Lewis, and that fall he got a position at Time. Two years later he was transferred to Time 's Chongqing bureau. During World War II he reported on the war in both Europe and Asia, writing articles for Time, Life, and The New Yorker. His published several books during this time, including Men on Bataan, Into the Valley, A Bell for Adano (which won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1945), and Hiroshima, his most famous work (originally published in The New Yorker). He also wrote The Wall (1950) about the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust. Hersey was the head of Pierson College at Yale University from 1965-1970, and he taught writing at the undergraduate level there.
§All Books
Main Street / Babbitt
Sinclair Lewis, 1992
16 ratings
A Bell for Adano
John Hersey, 1944
5 ratings
§ About John Hersey's books
- Books on SansFiction
- 2
- Published
- 1944–1992
- Average rating
- 3.9 / 5 across 21 ratings
- Genres
- Classics
Start here: Main Street / Babbitt (1992)
The first of his major novels of the 1920s, Sinclair Lewis's Main Street satirizes the manners of the American Middle West. Here is the story of Carol Kennicott, who, to be accepted, must adapt to the ways of Gopher Prairie, Minnesota.
Common questions about John Hersey
- Who is John Hersey?
- John Hersey was born in Tientsin, China, the son of missionaries. He returned to the United States with his family at the age of ten. He attended the Hotchkiss School, then Yale University, then Cambridge University. In 1937 he worked as a secretary for Sinclair Lewis, and that fall he got a position at Time. Two years later he was transferred to Time 's Chongqing bureau.
- What is John Hersey best known for?
- John Hersey is best known for Main Street / Babbitt, published in 1992 with 16 ratings and a 3.9 average. It is the most-rated of John Hersey's books on SansFiction.
- How many books has John Hersey written?
- SansFiction lists 2 books by John Hersey, published between 1944 and 1992. The most popular are Main Street / Babbitt and A Bell for Adano.
- Which John Hersey book should I read first?
- Main Street / Babbitt is the usual place to start: it is John Hersey's most-rated book here, with a 3.9 average.
- What genres does John Hersey write?
- John Hersey's books on SansFiction are tagged Classics.
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