H. Richard Hornberger

Martin Kich (Wright State University)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

Dates

Born 1 Feb 1924
Died 4 Nov 1997
Activity 1963-1997

Places

Born in United States
Active in United States

Activities

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Novelist

Other

Physician/ Doctor
Soldier

Resources

Hornberger's Works

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A native of Portland, Maine, H. Richard Hornbergerserved during the Korean War with the 8055th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. After the war, he returned to civilian medical practice as a thoracic surgeon in Waterville, Maine. In 1968,

M.A.S.H.

, a comic novel based loosely on his experiences in Korea and written under the pseudonym Richard Hooker, was published by William Morrow. In 1970, the novel was adapted to the highly acclaimed Robert Altman film of the same name, and in 1971, it was adapted to one of the longest running, most highly rated, and most critically honored situation comedies in television history. In that same year, Hornberger published the first of eleven sequels,

M.A.S.H. Goes to Maine

. The other ten sequels were co-authored with William E. Butterworth and published…

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Citation: Kich, Martin. "H. Richard Hornberger". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 10 February 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11692, accessed 22 November 2024.]