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John Irving, author portrait
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John Irving

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. In 1992, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
 
Mr. Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times—winning once, in 1980, for his novel The World According to Garp. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules. In 2013, Mr. Irving won a Lambda Literary Award for his novel In One Person. Internationally renowned, his books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. A Prayer for Owen Meany is his best-selling novel, in every language.
 
A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, John Irving lives in Toronto.
The World According to Garp
The Hotel New Hampshire
Last Night in Twisted River
Until I Find You
The Fourth Hand
My Movie Business
A Widow for One Year
A Son of the Circus
The Cider House Rules
The 158-Pound Marriage
Setting Free the Bears
The Water-Method Man

Books

The World According to Garp
The Hotel New Hampshire
Last Night in Twisted River
Until I Find You
The Fourth Hand
My Movie Business
A Widow for One Year
A Son of the Circus
The Cider House Rules
The 158-Pound Marriage
Setting Free the Bears
The Water-Method Man