Michael Herr

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michael Herr
Occupation	Memoirist
Date Of Birth	Apr 13, 1940(1940-04-13)
Age	84
Date Of Death	2016-06-23
Birthplace	Lexington
Country	United States
Birth City	Kentucky
Horoscope	Aries

Michael Herr Biography

Michael Herr is one of the most popular and richest Memoirist who was born on April 13, 1940 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. He is an author and war correspondent. His 1977 memoir Dispatches, in which he describes his time as a Vietnam War reporter at Esquire magazine, is his most well-known work. Other published works include The Big Room, Forty-Eight Portraits From the Golden Age (1987), and Walter Winchell: a Novel (1990).

Esquire magazine was his affiliation, as were he and Both he and cartoonist Sam Gross have been affiliated with Esquire magazine..

He was born in Syracuse (New York). He married Valerie Herr.

Michael Herr Net Worth

Michael Herr is one of the richest Memoirist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Herr 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He wrote an article on Ted Nugent, a rock musician, for Crawdaddy magazine early in his career.

The screenplay for Full Metal Jacket was co-written by him and He and Stanley Kubrick co-wrote the Full Metal Jacket screenplay..

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Michael Herr Dating?

According to our records, Michael Herr married to Valerie Herr. As of December 1, 2023, Michael Herr’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Memoirist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Michael Herr celebrates birthday on April 13 of every year.

How long was Michael Herr in Vietnam?

Part autobiography, part journalism but largely fiction, the book is an impressionistic tour de force of Mr. Herr’s two years in Vietnam reporting for Esquire magazine at the height of the war.

Did Michael Herr make up dispatches?

First edition
AuthorMichael Herr
Publisher| Knopf
Publication date| 1977
Media type| Print (Paperback)

Did Michael Herr fight in Vietnam?

Remembering Michael Herr, Whose ‘Dispatches’ Brought The War In Vietnam Home : NPR. Remembering Michael Herr, Whose ‘Dispatches’ Brought The War In Vietnam Home Herr’s 1977 book, Dispatches, was based on his time covering the Vietnam War. He also contributed to the films Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket.

Is Michael Herr still alive?

June 23, 2016

Why did Michael Herr write dispatches?

It took Herr eight years to write Dispatches, in part because he went home from Saigon with a bad case of what might now be diagnosed as post-traumatic stress disorder. He had gone to Vietnam as a correspondent, incongruously, for Esquire magazine.