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Name: Joseph Hergesheimer  
   
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Date of Birth: 15th February 1880
   
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
   
Profession: Writer
 
 
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Joseph Hergesheimer (February 15, 1880 – April 25, 1954) was a prominent American writer of the early 20th century known for his naturalistic novels of decadent life amongst the very wealthy.

Hergesheimer was born in Philadelphia and initially studied as a painter but quickly turned to writing. He established an early reputation with his first novel The Lay Anthony in 1914. His best-known novel, Three Black Pennys, followed in 1917, and chronicled the fictional life of three generations in a wealthy mining family. Hergesheimer also received critical recognition for his novels Java Head (1919) and Balisand (1924).

Hergesheimer died in Sea Isle City, New Jersey.

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