![]() ![]() While the book was slow to gain adulation among critics, it was an instant success with high school and college students for its anti-authoritarian take on war. It would be another eight years, however, before he completed the novel - but it paid off. It was during this time he began writing Catch-22 after plotting out the entire book in just 90 minutes. Heller himself flew some 60 missions in a B-25 bomber during World War II, earning an Air Medal and a Presidential Unit Citation (given to those who demonstrate heroism against armed forces).Īfter studying at Columbia and Oxford universities, he began working as an advertising copywriter for McCall’s and Time magazine in the 1950s. While Heller’s novel is fictional, the events that inspired him to pen the book were very real. ![]() Today we celebrate Heller’s life and work on what would have been the author’s 93rd birthday with the release of our Catch-22 infographic! Hotly debated upon its release in 1961, and it continues to enthrall readers more than half a century later. ![]()
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