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NOVEL
YEAR
The Call of the Wild	1903
White Fang	1906
Martin Eden	1909

JOSEPH HELLER

Lifespan:

May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999

Son of poor Jewish immigrants from Russia, Joseph Heller graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1941 and began work as a file clerk for an insurance agency. In 1942, as the United States joined World War II, Heller joined the U.S. Army Air Corps. Two years later he was sent to the Italian Front, where he flew 60 combat missions as a B-25 bombardier. After the war, Heller studied English receiving an M.A. at Columbia University in 1949. He then taught English at Pennsylvania State University (1950–52). In
1953, Heller began writing Catch-22, the work that would permanently etch his name in American literature. Set during World War II, the novel is widely regarded as one of the greatest literary works of the 20th century. Heller wrote another six novels which sold well. However, they were inevitably overshadowed by the success of Catch-22. Heller also wrote an autobiography, Now and Then: From Coney Island to Here (1998), and his dramatic work includes the play We Bombed in New Haven (1968).