The Resume

(November 6, 1921-May 9, 1977)
Born in Robinson, Illinois
Wrote the WWII trilogy 'From Here to Eternity' (1951), 'The Thin Red Line' (1962) and 'Whistle' (completed posthumously by Willie Morris, 1978)
Also wrote 'Some Came Running' (1957), 'The Ice-Cream Headache and Other Stories' (1968) and 'The Merry Month of May' (1971)

Why he might be annoying:

Before settling down for a day's writing, he would smoke half a pack of cigarettes and drink six or seven cups of coffee.
He used the same characters in his World War II trilogy, but changed their names in each book.
He admitted that he made the name changes because, before deciding to write a trilogy, he killed off one of the main characters in the first book.
He said, 'I do think that the quality which makes a man want to write and be read is essentially a desire for self-exposure. Like one of those guys who has a compulsion to take his thing out and show it on the street.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He was a Golden Gloves welterweight boxer.
He was wounded during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
He financially supported fellow writers.
Joseph Heller said 'From Here to Eternity' and 'The Thin Red Line' were 'among the best war literature of Americans. Probably for this reason: It is one of the few war books written by somebody who was there, in the military and in combat.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Boxers
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 16]
• I Attended NYU
• I Died in 1977 (Ranked: 55)
• Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century [1998] (Ranked: 62)
• People who Have Similar Names on Am I Annoying (Ranked: 647)
• Person to Person - Guests [A-K]
• Profiles 24251-24500 (Ranked: 24364)
• Publisher Weekly's Best-Selling Novel of the Year (Ranked: 1951)
• Purple Hearts
• Served in World War II
• Smith Versus Jones

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 32 Votes: 65.62% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying