John Irving
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JOHN IRVING, 2006 (Mariusz Kubik)Born
Exeter, New Hampshire, United States, 1942
Publications
Novels, stories, essays, memoirs, screenplay
Genres
Literary
Writing language
English
Countries
United States and Canada
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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