John Hersey's Birth Card: The King of Clubs

In the record

John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914 – March 24, 1993) was an American writer and journalist. The birth-card coordinate for June 17 is the King of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of John Hersey's 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — A Bell for Adano.

Pulitzer Fiction record

• 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — A Bell for Adano

John Hersey is on the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction list for A Bell for Adano (https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/1945). John Hersey (Q535812, Wikipedia “John Hersey”) appears here as a person-scope Fiction winner. John Hersey is listed as the sole Fiction recipient for each year in this pack. Works in this pack for John Hersey: 1945 A Bell for Adano. John Hersey's English Wikipedia title is the same string as the harvested name. Birth date 1914-06-17 is the Wikipedia infobox day for John Hersey, verified against Wikidata P569 1914-06-17 (match). Pulitzer.org bio date status for John Hersey is unavailable. The harvested card symbol for June 17 is K♣. A public death date of March 24, 1993 (1993-03-24) is listed on Wikidata P570 for John Hersey. Source URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hersey is the Wikipedia article used for John Hersey. This page does not invent a childhood or a private address for John Hersey. It only names the calendar coordinate for June 17 and the Fiction titles already listed for John Hersey.

The King of Clubs coordinate

John Hersey was born June 17, 1914 (1914-06-17). Month 6 and day 17 give solar value 26, which is the King of Clubs (The Master Leader). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1914 is unused, so John Hersey's 1914 birth year does not move the card. The King of Clubs does not predict a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and is not a verdict on John Hersey. Quoted system copy for the King of Clubs, not a biography of John Hersey: You make the intellectual call in the open and you can revise it. You command through clarity and competence. You're the authority, the decision-maker, the one people look to for direction. Your thinking is decisive and clear. Harvested gifts listed for the King of Clubs: Clear thinking and decisive action; Natural authority and command; Ability to direct complex intellectual projects; Confidence that inspires confidence in others. Harvested life-direction line for the King of Clubs: Your curriculum is learning that good leadership means considering other perspectives. You're learning that clarity and humility can coexist.

Live King of Clubs meaning page

Wikipedia summary used as source_text

John Richard Hersey was an American writer and journalist. He is considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling techniques of fiction are adapted to non-fiction reportage. In 1999, Hiroshima, Hersey's account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, was adjudged the finest work of American journalism of the 20th century by a 36-member panel associated with New York University's journalism department.

John Hersey in the public record

He is considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling techniques of fiction are adapted to non-fiction reportage. In 1999, Hiroshima, Hersey's account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, was adjudged the finest work of American journalism of the 20th century by a 36-member panel associated with New York University's journalism department. Hersey was born in Tianjin, China, the son of Grace Baird and Roscoe Hersey, Protestant missionaries for the YMCA in Tianjin. Hersey learned to speak Chinese before he spoke English. Later he wrote his novel The Call (1985) on the lives of his parents and several other missionaries of their generation. John Hersey was a descendant of William Hersey (or Hercy, as the family name was then spelled) of Reading, Berkshire, England. William Hersey was one of the first colonizers of Hingham, Massachusetts in 1635. Hersey returned to the United States with his family when he was ten years old.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article John Hersey (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 2 of Spades

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about John Hersey, and not a forecast of a Pulitzer.

You hold two pressures at once and still make a call that can live in the world.

Later he wrote his novel The Call (1985) on the lives of his parents and several other missionaries of their generation.

Paired on shared wording: call, lives.

Also on the record

1. He attended public school in Briarcliff Manor, New York, including Briarcliff High School for two years.
2. At Briarcliff, he became his troop's first Eagle Scout.
3. Later he attended the Hotchkiss School.
4. He studied at Yale University, where he worked for the Yale Daily News and was a member of the Skull and Bones Society along with classmates Brendan Gill and Richard A.

Other Fiction winners with this card

• Richard Russo — 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — Empire Falls

FAQ

What is John Hersey's birth card?

The King of Clubs. June 17 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. John Hersey's year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast awards, novels, character, or fate.

Where do John Hersey's dates and Fiction credits come from?

Birth date 1914-06-17 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for John Hersey, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Winner identity comes from the Wikipedia Pulitzer Prize for Fiction list, which cites Pulitzer.org year pages. The Fiction line is 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction — A Bell for Adano. Pulitzer.org bio date status is unavailable. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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