John Irving
Writing
Biography
John Winslow Irving (born John Wallace Blunt Jr.; March 2, 1942) is an American-Canadian novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978. Many of Irving's novels, including The Hotel New Hampshire (1981), The Cider House Rules (1985), A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989), and A Widow for One Year (1998), have been bestsellers. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in the 72nd Academy Awards (1999) for his script of The Cider House Rules. Five of his novels have been ad…
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The Daily Show
1996 · TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · TV
Apostrophes
1975 · TV
The Cider House Rules
1999 · Movie
The Door in the Floor
2004 · Movie
The World According to Garp
1982 · Movie
Simon Birch
1998 · Movie
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984 · Movie
Le cri du rhinocéros
2018 · Movie
The World According to Irving
2012 · Movie