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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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Born 2 march 1942

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  • Cover of: The CIDER HOUSE RULES

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  • Cover of: A Prayer for Owen Meany

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  • Cover of: A Widow for One Year

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  • Cover of: The world according to Garp: a novel

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  • Cover of: The Hotel New Hampshire

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  • Cover of: The Fourth Hand

    First published in 2001 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: World According to Garp

    First published in 1979 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: In One Person

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  • Cover of: A son of the circus

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  • Cover of: A prayer for Owen Meany

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  • Cover of: The water-method man.

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  • Cover of: Until I Find You

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  • Cover of: The World According to Garp

    First published in 1982 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Setting free the bears

    First published in 1969 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Trying to save Piggy Sneed

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  • Cover of: Setting free the bears

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  • Cover of: Un mariage poids moyen

    Cover of edition 158poundmarriage0000irvi_j8e1 First published in 1974 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: A widow for one year: a novel

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  • Cover of: Imaginary Girlfriend

    First published in 1996 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Until I find you: a novel

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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-, Mothers and sons, Eccentrics and eccentricities, Feminists, Fiction, coming of age, Fugitives from justice, New hampshire, fiction, Women, Young men, Abortion, Actors, fiction, Authors, biography, Hotels, India, fiction, Loggers

Places

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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Alternative names

  • Irving, John
  • Irving John
  • John. Irving
  • Irving, John, 1942-
  • Dzhon Irving
  • John Irving
  • John IRVING
  • John.- IRVING
  • Irving, John

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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
November 13, 2021 Edited by AgentSapphire undo merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import