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John Cheever
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John Cheever (1912–1982) was an American author whose literary output included 172 works. Among his notable publications are *The Best American Short Stories 1973*, *Short Stories from the New Yorker*, *The brigadier and the golf widow*, *The Britannica Library of Great American Writing - Volume II*, and *Selected American Short Stories (II)*. His writings have been recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection and the Pulitzer Prize collection.
Cheever’s perspectives on writing and life are preserved in various quotes, including the statement that "Art is the triumph over chaos" and the observation that "Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time." He also noted that "The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one’s life and discover one’s usefulness."
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Key facts
- Born
- John William Cheever , ( 1912-05-27 ) May 27, 1912, Quincy, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Died
- June 18, 1982 (1982-06-18) (aged 70), Ossining, New York , U.S.
- Occupation
- Writer novelist
- Period
- 20th century
- Genre
- Short story , fiction
- Literary movement
- Symbolism
- Years active
- 1935–1982
- Notable works
- " The Enormous Radio " " The Five-Forty-Eight " The Wapshot Chronicle " The Swimmer " The Wapshot Scandal Bullet Park Falconer Oh What a Paradise It Seems
- Notable awards
- Pulitzer Prize (1979), National Book Critics Circle Award (1981)
- Spouse
- Mary Winternitz ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1941 )
- Children
- Susan Benjamin Federico
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Quincy
- Place of death
- Ossining
- Occupation
- novelist
- Employer
- University of Iowa
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Johncheever.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1912-05-27
- date of death
- 1982-06-18
- cause of death
- kidney cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- John William Cheever
- name in native language
- John Cheever
- contributor to the creative work or subject
- The New Yorker
- Commons category
- John Cheever
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John Cheever (* 27. Mai 1912 in Quincy, Massachusetts; † 18. Juni 1982 in Ossining, New York) war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller.
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