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Hiroshima is a 1946 book by American author John Hersey. It tells the stories of six survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima . It is regarded as one of the earliest examples of New Journalism , in which the story-telling techniques of fiction are adapted to non-fiction reporting.
BBC article on the impact of Hersey's "Hiroshima", marking the 70th anniversary of its publication; Jonathan Dee (Summer–Fall 1986). "John Hersey, The Art of Fiction No. 92". The Paris Review. Summer-Fall 1986 (100). John Hersey High School; John Hersey at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database "A Life in Writing: John Hersey, 1914–1993 ...
Terufumi Sasaki (Japanese: 佐々木 輝文, Hepburn: Sasaki Terufumi) was a surgeon at the Red Cross hospital in Hiroshima and was situated 1,650 yards (1,510 m) from the hypocenter of the Little Boy explosion on August 6, 1945.
Kiyoshi Tanimoto (谷本 清, Tanimoto Kiyoshi, June 27, 1909 – September 28, 1986) was a Japanese Methodist minister famous for his humanitarian work for the Hiroshima Maidens. Tanimoto was a U.S educated Methodist minister and moved to Hiroshima with his wife during the midst of World War II.
On August 6, 2018, the 73rd anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, residents will pause to remember the day in 1945 that changed the course of history.
Hiroshima today looks completely different than it did 73 years ago. On August 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima that destroyed most of the city and instantly killed 80,000 of ...
John Hersey's article "Hiroshima," later to be published as a bestselling book, first appeared in The New Yorker with the stories of six survivors of the blast, filling the entire issue. [83] The last French troops left Lebanon, departing Beirut for Marseilles. [84]
Blume is the author of, most recently, “Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-Up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World,” about war correspondent John Hersey’s experience reporting the horrors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which The New York Times recognized as one of the "100 Notable Books of 2020."