John Irving

John Irving

Born 03/02/1942 (82 years old)
Exeter, New Hampshire, USA

Biography (1)

One of the world's best-selling literary novelists, John Irving was born in Exeter, New Hampshire in 1942. He was educated at the University of Pittsburgh and University of New Hampshire, and also attended the Iowa Writer's Workshop, where one of his teachers was Kurt Vonnegut. His first novel, Setting Free the Bears, was published in 1968. His subsequent novels include The Water-Method Man (1972), The 158-Pound Marriage (1974), The World According to Garp (1978),… (more)

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Movies
2004

The Door in the Floor - book

1999

The Cider House Rules - book

1998

Simon Birch - book

1984

The Hotel New Hampshire - book

1982

The World According to Garp - book

Screenwriter

Movies
1999

The Cider House Rules

Actor

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