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John Irving

John Irving was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942. His first novel, Setting Free the Bears, was published in 1968, when he was twenty-six. He competed as a wrestler for twenty years, and coached wrestling until he was forty-seven.

Mr. Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times—winning once, in 1980, for his novel The World According to Garp. He received an O. Henry Award in 1981 for his short story “Interior Space.” In 2000, Mr. Irving won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules. In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for his novel In One Person.

An international writer—his novels have been translated into more than thirty-five languages—John Irving lives in Toronto. His all-time best-selling novel, in every language, is A Prayer for Owen Meany.
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American novelist and screenwriter

Born 2 march 1942

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American novelist and screenwriter

Born 2 march 1942
Subjects
Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological, Accessible book, Fathers and sons, Protected DAISY, Authors, fiction, Mothers and sons, fiction, Fathers and sons, fiction, Fiction, humorous, general, Irving, john, 1942-, Fiction, coming of age, Fugitives from justice, Mothers and sons, New hampshire, fiction, Young men, Abortion, Actors, fiction, Authors, biography, Eccentrics and eccentricities, Feminists, Hotels, India, fiction, Loggers, Love stories
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United States, New Hampshire, Maine, Coos County (N.H.), Austria, Europe, Vienna (Austria), Coos County, New England, Amsterdam, Dumbartonshire, Estados Unidos, Green Bay, India, Long Island, Phillips Exeter Academy, USA, Vermont, Vienna, Wisconsin
People
John Irving (1942-), Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Eddie O'Hare, Günter Grass (1927-), John Winslow Irving (1942-), Marion Cole, Ruth Cole, Ted Cole
Time
20th century, 1958, 1960s, 1990, 1990-, 1990s, 1995

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July 11, 2023 Edited by mathpaul Edited without comment.
November 15, 2021 Edited by AgentSapphire Edited without comment.
November 13, 2021 Edited by AgentSapphire merge authors
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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import