John Hersey 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.
Hersey’s account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima,Japan,was adjudged the finest piece of American journalism of the 20th century by a 36-member panel associated with New York University’s journalism department.
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