Were Michael Herr and Joseph Brodsky known for their writing?
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 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.
William O'Rourke William O'Rourke (born 1945) is an American writer of both novels and volumes of nonfiction; he is the author of the novels "The Meekness of Isaac" (Thomas Y. Crowell, Co., 1974), "Idle Hands" (Delacorte Press, 1981), "Criminal Tendencies" (E. P. Dutton, 1987), and "Notts" (Marlowe & Co, 1996), as well as the nonfiction books, "The Harrisburg 7 and the New Catholic Left" (Thomas Y. Crowell, Co., 1972), "Signs of the Literary Times: Essays, Reviews, Profiles" (SUNY Press, 1993), and "On Having a Heart Attack: A Medical Memoir" (U of Notre Dame P, 2006). He is the editor of "On the Job: Fiction About Work by Contemporary American Writers" (Random House, 1977) and the co-editor of "Notre Dame Review: The First Ten Years" (U of Notre Dame P, 2009). His book, "Campaign America ‘96: The View From the Couch", first published in 1997 (Marlowe & Co.), was reissued in paperback with a new, updated epilogue in 2000. A sequel, "Campaign America 2000: The View From the Couch", was published in 2001 (PreviewPort Editions).