Joseph heller, one of the most famous contemporary American novelists, was born into a Russian Jewish immigrant family in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. 196 1 published the novel Catch-22, which made him famous. This novel is regarded as a classic of black humor and has a great influence on the world literary world in the 20th century.

Joseph heller, the representative writer of American Black Humor School, was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Jewish immigrant family. During World War II, he was a lieutenant in the air force. He entered the university after the war and 1948 graduated from new york University. From 65438 to 0949, he received a master's degree in literature from Columbia University, and served as editor of Time, Outlook and other magazines.

Main works:

Heller's life's work is not rich. 196 1 became famous for publishing the surrealist anti-war experimental novel Catch-22.

Later, he published Bombing New Haven (1968), The Trial of Clevinger (1973), Something Happened (1974), Gold as Good (1979) and God.

No kidding (1986), describe this (1988), the last time (1994) and here and then: from Coney Island to here were published in 1998.

In addition, he also wrote and adapted plays, films and TV plays, as well as short stories. Some critics think that his recently published short story is the best of its kind.