John Irving Biography

John Irving biography

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NAME: John Winslow Irving
OCCUPATION: Educator, Author
BIRTH DATE: March 02, 1942 (Age: 70)
EDUCATION: Phillips Exeter Academy, University of Pittsburgh, University of Vienna, University of New Hampshire, University of Iowa
PLACE OF BIRTH: Exeter, New Hampshire

ZODIAC SIGN: Pisces

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American novelist and short-story writer John Irving established his reputation with the novel The World According to Garp (1978; filmed 1982).

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John Irving was born March 2, 1942 in Exeter, New Hampshire. He taught until the late 1970s, when he began to write full-time. His early novels did not achieve the success of The World According to Garp. his later novels include A Prayer for Owen Meany and The Fourth Hand. He wrote the screenplay for the 1999 film version of his novel The Cider House Rules, for which he won an Academy Award.