biography
| name: |
Hergesheimer, Joseph
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pronunciation:
[herges-hiymer]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1880–1954)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He studied at the Pennnsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. After a trip to Italy, he settled in West Chester, PA and wrote a series of novels, notably Java Head (1919). He continued to write, but his mannered prose was not well received. |
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