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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 (b. 1942)

Born 2 march 1942

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    First published in 2002 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1991 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1981 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Mozart's Piano Sonatas: Contexts, Sources, Style

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  • Cover of: My Movie Business. Mein Leben, meine Romane, meine Filme.

    First published in 2000 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Pension Grillparzer. Eine Bärengeschichte.

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  • Cover of: Rettungsversuch für Piggy Sneed: Sechs Erzählungen und ein Essay

    First published in 1995 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Una Mujer Dificil / Stories

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  • Cover of: Un mariage poids moyen - L'Oeuvre de Dieu, la Part du Diable

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  • Cover of: The yachtsman's week-end book

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American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1942)

Born 2 march 1942

Subjects

Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological, Fathers and sons, 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, American Novelists, Authors, biography, Biography, Hotels, India, fiction, Loggers

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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-), Günter Grass (1927-2015), John Winslow Irving (1942-), Marion Cole, Ruth Cole, Ted Cole

Time

20th century, 1958, 1960s, 1990, 1990-, 1990s, 1995

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  • 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
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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import