Berton Roueché Writer

Berton Roueché (/ruːˈʃeɪ/ roo-SHAY; April 16, 1910 – April 28, 1994) was a medical writer who wrote for The New Yorker magazine for almost fifty years. He also wrote twenty books, including Eleven Blue Men (1954), The Incurable Wound (1958), Feral (1974), and The Medical Detectives (1980). An article he wrote for The New Yorker was made into the 1956 film Bigger Than Life, and many of the medical mysteries on the television show House were inspired by Roueché's writings.

Personal facts

Berton Roueché
Birth dateApril 16, 1910
Birth place
Kansas City Missouri , United States
Nationality
United States
Citizenship
United States
Date of deathApril 28, 1994
Place of death
United States
Education
University of Missouri
Education
Bachelor of Journalism
Relatives
Colonel

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Writer

Career start1944
Career end1991
genre
Detective fiction
Non-fiction
Suspense
Mystery fiction

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