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John Cheever
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Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
John William Cheever (May 27, 1912 – June 18, 1982) was an American novelist and short story writer. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs". His fiction is mostly set in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the Westchester suburbs, old New England villages based on various South Shore towns around Quincy, Massachusetts, where he was born, and Italy, especially Rome. He is "now…
Known for
- The Shady Hill Kidnapping — Narrator1982
- American Playhouse — Narrator (voice)1982
- The Swimmer — Man at Pool Party (uncredited)1968
- Robert Montgomery Presents — Mr. Blake1950
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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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