Michael David Herr (April 13, 1940 – June 23, 2016) was an American writer and war correspondent, known as the author of Dispatches (1977), a memoir of his time as a correspondent for Esquire magazine (1967–1969) during the Vietnam War. The book was called the best "to have been written about the Vietnam War" by The New York Times Book Review. Novelist John le Carré called it "the best book I have ever read on men and war in our time."
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American war correspondent, screenwriter (1940-2016)
| Born | 13 Apr 1940 |
| Died | 23 Jun 2016 |
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American war correspondent, screenwriter (1940-2016)
| Born | 13 Apr 1940 |
| Died | 23 Jun 2016 |
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Biography, Fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, sagas, Hawaii, fiction, Journalists, Journalists, fiction, Kubrick, stanley, 1928-1999, Motion picture producers and directorsPlaces
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- OLID: OL4585329A
- ISNI: 0000000110384325
- VIAF: 12309828
- Wikidata: Q937835
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q937835
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| September 30, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | add ISNI |
| August 12, 2020 | Edited by dcapillae | Added short bio from Wikipedia |
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