Joseph Heller

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Joseph Heller

Writing May 1, 1923

New York, New York, U.S.

Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays. His best-known work is his debut novel Catch-22 (1961), a…

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The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

6.8 1968 TV Show
Catch-22

Catch-22

6.7 1970 Movie
Catch-22

Catch-22

7.3 2019 TV Show
Sex and the Single Girl

Sex and the Single Girl

6.5 1964 Movie
Dirty Dingus Magee

Dirty Dingus Magee

4.7 1970 Movie
Catch-22

Catch-22

6.7 1973 Movie

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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 his debut novel Catch-22 (1961), 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.

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  1. 2019
    Catch-22

    TV show Novel

  2. 1973
    Catch-22

    Movie Novel

  3. 1970
    Dirty Dingus Magee

    Movie Writer

  4. 1970
    Catch-22

    Movie Novel

  5. 1968
    The Dick Cavett Show

    TV show Self - Guest

  6. 1964
    Sex and the Single Girl

    Movie Writer