Michael Herr

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 (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."

Michael Herr
Born
Michael David Herr

(1940-04-13)April 13, 1940
DiedJune 23, 2016(2016-06-23) (aged 76)
OccupationWriter
Notable workDispatches (1977)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
SpouseValerie
RelativesJudy Bleyer, Amy Bleyer, Doran Kaufman
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