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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 storytelling techniques of fiction are adapted to non-fiction reportage. [1]
Aug 6, 2015 · To mark the seventieth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, we’ve made all of John Hersey’s landmark 1946 report on the bombing available online.
- Joshua Rothman
Jun 13, 2024 · 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 events in World War II.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hiroshima. (book) Hiroshima is a 1946 book by American author John Hersey. It tells the stories of six survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It is regarded as one of the earliest examples of New Journalism, in which the story-telling techniques of fiction are adapted to non-fiction reporting.
Apr 22, 2019 · John Hersey and the Art of Fact Hersey pioneered a radically new form of journalism. But he grew convinced that his higher calling was fiction, and nobody could persuade him otherwise.
- Nicholas Lemann
Aug 31, 2016 · John Hersey was thirty-two when The New Yorker published “Hiroshima,” his massively influential article on the atomic bombing. PHOTOGRAPH BY DMITRI KESSEL / THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION / GETTY
John Hersey's matter-of-fact account of the stories of several Hiroshima survivors, as well as those of many who did not survive, is as powerful today as when he wrote it 75 years ago.
