Person in history
Thomas Berger
Thomas Berger, American author and playwright (born 1924)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2014 · July 13
Their story
Who they were
Thomas Louis Berger was an American novelist. Probably best known for his picaresque novel Little Big Man and the subsequent film by Arthur Penn, Berger explored and manipulated many genres of fiction throughout his career, including the crime novel, the hard-boiled detective story, science fiction, the utopian novel, plus re-workings of classical mythology, Arthurian legend, and the survival adventure.
Why this date
Thomas Berger appears on our July 13 calendar for 2014 as a death entry.
Sources
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Questions about Thomas Berger
When did Thomas Berger die?
July 13 2014.
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