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John Irving

1942 - Today

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John Winslow Irving (born John Wallace Blunt Jr.; March 2, 1942) is an American and Canadian novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of his fourth novel 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 at the 72nd Academy Awards in 2000 for his script of the film adaptation of The Cider House Rules. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Irving is the 715th most popular writer (down from 606th in 2019), the 927th most popular biography from United States (down from 619th in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Writer.

John Irving is a novelist who is most famous for his novels "The World According to Garp" and "A Prayer for Owen Meany."

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Among writers, John Irving ranks 715 out of 7,302. Before him are Patrick White, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Clarice Lispector, Odysseas Elytis, Epicharmus of Kos, and William F. Buckley Jr.. After him are Mihai Eminescu, Alejo Carpentier, Pierre Loti, Kassia, Marie de France, and Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.

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Among people born in 1942, John Irving ranks 59. Before him are The Iron Sheik, George Vella, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Conrad Schumann, Wen Jiabao, and Bob Hoskins. After him are Margaret Court, Thabo Mbeki, Walter Hill, Michael Bloomberg, Stanley B. Prusiner, and Manuel Castells.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Irving ranks 927 out of 20,380. Before him are Alan Shepard (1923), Jimmy Hoffa (1913), William F. Buckley Jr. (1925), George Kennedy (1925), J. E. B. Stuart (1833), and Lon Chaney Jr. (1906). After him are Josephine Cochrane (1839), Buddy Holly (1936), Milton H. Erickson (1901), Nat King Cole (1919), George Clinton (1941), and Robert Altman (1925).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Irving ranks 75. Before him are Patricia Highsmith (1921), Allen Ginsberg (1926), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Alvin Toffler (1928), Thomas Friedman (1953), and William F. Buckley Jr. (1925). After him are Ed McBain (1926), Louise Hay (1926), Sinclair Lewis (1885), Neal Cassady (1926), H. L. Mencken (1880), and Marilyn vos Savant (1946).

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