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John Irving

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John Irving picJOHN IRVING, 2006 (Mariusz Kubik)
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Born
Exeter, New Hampshire, United States, 1942

Publications
Novels, stories, essays, memoirs, screenplay

Genres
Literary

Writing language
English

Countries
United States and Canada

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Literature

The World According to Garp (1978)

A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989)

Novels

The World According to Garp (1978)

The Cider House Rules (1985)

A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989)

American Literature

The World According to Garp (1978)

The Hotel New Hampshire (1981)

The Cider House Rules (1985)

A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989)

Humour and Satire

A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989)

Literary Fiction

The World According to Garp (1978)

A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989)

Works published in book form

The Water-Method Man, novel, 1968

Setting Free the Bears, novel, 1972

The 158-Pound Marriage, novel, 1974

The World According to Garp, novel, 1978

The Hotel New Hampshire, novel, 1981

The Cider House Rules, novel, 1985

A Prayer for Owen Meany, novel, 1989

A Son of the Circus, novel, 1994

The Imaginary Girlfriend, memoir, 1995

Trying to Save Piggy Sneed, tTwelve stories, memoirs and essays, 1996

Memoirs "Trying to Save Piggy Sneed", "The Imaginary Girlfriend", "My Dinner at the Whitehouse"; stories "Interior Space", "Brennbar's Rant", "The Pension Grillparzer", "Other People's Dreams", "Weary Kingdom", "Almost in Iowa"; essays "The King of the Novel", "An Introduction to A Christmas Carol", "Gunter Grass: King of the Toy Merchants"

A Widow for One Year, novel, 1998

My Movie Business, memoir, 1999

The Cider House Rules: A Screenplay, screenplay, 1999

The Fourth Hand, novel, 2001

A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make a Sound, Children's book, illustrated by Tatjana Hauptmann, 2002

Until I Find You, novel, 2005

Last Night in Twisted River, novel, 2009

In One Person, novel, 2012

Avenue of Mysteries, novel, 2015

The Last Chairlift, novel, 2022

Queen Esther, novel, 2025

 

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