John Irving
2 march 1942
258 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
John Irving was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942. His first novel, Setting Free the Bears, was published in 1968, when he was twenty-six. He competed as a wrestler for twenty years, and coached wrestling until he was forty-seven.
Mr. Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times—winning once, in 1980, for his novel The World According to Garp. He received an O. Henry Award in 1981 for his short story “Interior Space.” In 2000, Mr. Irving won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules. In 2013, he won a Lambda Literary Award for his novel In One Person.
An international writer—his novels have been translated into more than thirty-five languages—John Irving lives in Toronto. His all-time best-selling novel, in every language, is A Prayer for Owen Meany. (source)
Also published as: Irving, John, Irving John, John. Irving, Irving, John, 1942-, Dzhon Irving, John Irving
Most-read books
A Prayer for Owen Meany
3.9 · 1989 · 140 want to read
The CIDER HOUSE RULES
4.3 · 1985 · 73 want to read
In One Person
3.5 · 2012 · 55 want to read
The Hotel New Hampshire
4.2 · 1981 · 31 want to read
The World According to Garp
3.8 · 1979 · 27 want to read
The World According to Garp
4 · 1982 · 29 want to read
A Widow for One Year
5 · 1998 · 13 want to read
A Prayer for Owen Meany
2001 · 12 want to read
World According to Garp
3 · 1981 · 12 want to read
The world according to Garp
5 · 1978 · 10 want to read
The Fourth Hand
3.2 · 2001 · 7 want to read
The water-method man
1972 · 10 want to read
Last Night in Twisted River
4 · 2009 · 6 want to read
Until I Find You
4.3 · 2005 · 5 want to read
John Irving
1995 · 9 want to read
A son of the circus
4 · 1994 · 7 want to read
Setting free the bears
4 · 1968 · 2 want to read
The world according to Garp
5 · 1979 · 3 want to read
Trying to save Piggy Sneed
1993 · 4 want to read
The Water-Method Man
1972 · 5 want to read
The Cider House Rules
1999 · 2 want to read
The Cider House Rules
1991 · 3 want to read
3 by Irving
1980 · 4 want to read
The 158-pound marriage
1978 · 3 want to read