id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6091 Joseph Heller - Wikipedia .html text/html 3755 422 75 Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays. After the war, Heller studied English at the University of Southern California and then New York University on the G.I. Bill, graduating from the latter institution in 1948.[10] In 1949, he received his M.A. in English from Columbia University.[11] Following his graduation from Columbia, he spent a year as a Fulbright scholar in St Catherine's College, Oxford[12] before teaching composition at Pennsylvania State University for two years (1950–52).[13] He then briefly worked for Time Inc.,[10] before taking a job as a copywriter at a small advertising agency,[8][14] where he worked alongside future novelist Mary Higgins Clark.[15] At home, Heller wrote. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6091.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6091.txt