David Herman
Jewish American Writers and World War II
Summary
One of the reasons Jewish American writers broke through into the mainstream in the 1940s and 1950s was due to their acclaimed accounts of World War II. This talk will examine some best-known works including Norman Mailer’s “The Naked and the Dead”, Joseph Heller’s masterpiece, “Catch-22”, Saul Bellow’s first novel, “Dangling Man” and Arthur Miller’s best short story.
David Herman
David Herman is a freelance writer based in London. Over the past 20 years he has written almost a thousand articles, essays, and reviews on Jewish history and literature for publications including the Jewish Chronicle, the Jewish Quarterly, Jewish Renaissance, the Guardian, the New Statesman, and Prospect. He has taught courses on Jewish culture for the London Jewish Cultural Centre and JW3. He is a regular contributor to Jewish Book Week, the Association of Jewish Refugees, and the Insiders/Outsiders Festival on the contribution of Jewish refugees to British culture.