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Definition of Heller, Joseph in English: Heller, Josephproper nounˈhɛləˈhelər (1923–99), American novelist. His experiences in the US air force during the Second World War inspired his best-known novel Catch-22 (1961), an absurdist black comedy satirizing war and the source of the expression ‘catch-22’.
Definition of Heller, Joseph in US English: Heller, Josephproper nounˈhelər (1923–99), US novelist. His experiences in the US Army Air Force during World War II inspired his best-known novel Catch-22 (1961), an absurd black comedy that satirized war and was the source of the expression “catch-22.” He also wrote Something Happened (1974), God Knows (1984), Picture This (1988), and Closing Time (1994).
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