Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller was born to poor Russian Jewish immigrants in the United States.
He showed an early interest in writing, submitting a story to a newspaper at age eleven.
After high school, Heller worked various jobs before joining the U.S. Army Air Corps at 19.
He flew 60 combat missions as a B-25 bombardier in Italy during World War II, an experience he initially found exciting and later described as "fun in the beginning." This wartime experience would heavily influence his writing, particularly his most famous novel, Catch-22.
Heller's career as an author was marked by his satirical style and critique of war and bureaucracy.
