Michael Herr date of birth:
April 13, 1940
How old was Michael Herr when died?
76
When did Michael Herr die?
June 23, 2016
What is Michael Herr nationality?
American
What is Michael Herr's occupation?
Screenwriter
Short Biography
Michael Herr (born April 13, 1940 in Syracuse, New York) is an American writer and former war correspondent, best 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." Herr later was credited with pioneering the literary genre of the nonfiction novel, along with authors such as Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, and Tom Wolfe.