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| - Capt. John Yossarian is a fictional character, the protagonist of Joseph Heller's satirical 1961 novel Catch-22 and its 1994 sequel Closing Time. In Catch-22, Yossarian is a 28-year-old captain in the 256th Squadron of the Army Air Forces where he serves as a B-25 bombardier stationed on the small island of Pianosa off the Italian mainland during World War II. Yossarian's exploits have previously been thought to be based on the experiences of the author. Heller was also a bombardier in the Army Air Corps, stationed on an island off the coast of Italy during the war. Heller later documented in his autobiography "Now & Then" the elements of Yossarian which came from his experiences (specifically the episodes where Yossarian attends to Snowden during the Avignon mission). Heller noted that he (en)
- John Yossarian è il protagonista del romanzo di Joseph Heller Comma 22 (1961). È un antieroico capitano ventottenne dell'aeronautica militare statunitense durante la seconda guerra mondiale, ossessionato dall'idea che migliaia di persone sconosciute, a cui lui personalmente non ha fatto nulla, tentino continuamente di ucciderlo, sia direttamente (attaccando il suo aeroplano) che indirettamente (obbligandolo a eseguire missioni). Nel 1994 Heller lo riprende, assieme ad altri personaggi di Comma 22, nel romanzo . (it)
- Yossarian (kapitan John Yossarian) – główny bohater powieści Paragraf 22 autorstwa Josepha Hellera, a także jej kontynuacji pt. Ostatni rozdział, czyli Paragraf 22 bis, pojawia się też w wyborze opowiadań pt. Paragraf 23. Bombardier 256. eskadry Korpusu Powietrznego Armii Stanów Zjednoczonych. Tworząc postać Yossariana, Heller bazował na własnych doświadczeniach – w okresie II wojny światowej służył jako bombardier na wyspie u wybrzeży Włoch i, tak jak Yossarian, stracił członków załogi, gdy jego samolot został zaatakowany w drodze do Awinionu. (pl)
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