Hiester Richard Hornberger Jr. was an American writer and surgeon who wrote under the pseudonym Richard Hooker. Hornberger's best-known work is his novel MASH (1968), based on his experiences as a wartime United States Army surgeon during the Korean War (1950–1953) and written in collaboration with W.C. Heinz. It was used as the basis for an award-winning, critically and commercially successful movie – MAS*H (1970) — and two years later in an acclaimed long running television series (1972–1983) of the same title.
Richard Hooker
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Hiester Richard Hornberger Jr.
- Född:
- 1 februari 1924
- Dog:
- 4 november 1997
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Hiester Richard Hornberger Jr. was an American writer and surgeon who wrote under the pseudonym Richard Hooker. Hornberger's best-known work is his novel MASH (1968), based on his experiences as a wartime United States Army surgeon during the Korean War (1950–1953) and written in collaboration with W.C. Heinz. It was used as the basis for an award-winning, critically and commercially successful movie – MAS*H (1970) — and two years later in an acclaimed long running television series (1972–1983) of the same title.
