John Cheever (1912–1982)
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John Cheever, best known for his short stories dealing with upper-middle-class suburban life, was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1912. Cheever published his first short story at the age of 17, and in 1979, he won the Pulitzer Prize for his collected edition of short stories, titled Stories of toon meer John Cheever. Cheever also wrote screenplays, and five novels, including The Wapshot Chronicle, which won the National Book Award in 1957. Cheever died in 1982, at the age of 70. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: Photo by Nancy Crampton, courtesy of Ossining Public Library
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Glad Tidings: A Friendship in Letters : The Correspondence of John Cheever and John D. Weaver, 1945-1982 (1993) 16 exemplaren
The Day The Pig Fell Into The Well 7 exemplaren
The Country Husband 6 exemplaren
Essential Cheever CD: The Enormous Radio and The Swimmer (Caedmon Essentials) (2006) 6 exemplaren, 1 bespreking
Torch Song 4 exemplaren
The Sutton Place Story 4 exemplaren
Selected short stories 3 exemplaren
The Superintendent 3 exemplaren
A Woman Without A Country 2 exemplaren
Hyvästi, veljeni : kertomuksia 2 exemplaren
“The Enormous Radio” 2 exemplaren
The Happiest Days 2 exemplaren
Clementina 2 exemplaren
The Pot of Gold 2 exemplaren
The Bus To St. James's 2 exemplaren
The Worm In The Apple 2 exemplaren
The Bella Lingua 2 exemplaren
The Children 2 exemplaren
The Wrysons 2 exemplaren
The Cure 2 exemplaren
Just One More Time 2 exemplaren
Clancy in the Tower of Babel 2 exemplaren
The Summer Farmer 2 exemplaren
The Hartleys 2 exemplaren
The Common Day 2 exemplaren
Rare John Cheever FALCONER Signed First Edition 1977 -Alfred A. Knopf [Hardcover] John Cheever 2 exemplaren
Frère Jacques 1 exemplaar
I’m Going to Asia (Selected Short Stories) 1 exemplaar
The Swimmer 1 exemplaar
Wizja świata 1 exemplaar
The National Pastime 1 exemplaar
The Wapshot Chronical; the Wapshot Scandel 1 exemplaar
Contos completos II 1 exemplaar
L'età dell'oro: Tutti i racconti vol. III 1 exemplaar
Ovo stvarno liči na raj 1 exemplaar
RARE 1957 JOHN CHEEVER FIRST NOVEL 1ST EDITION WAPSHOT CHRONICLE GREAT DJ [Hardcover] JOHN CHEEVER 1 exemplaar
Rare John Cheever THE WORLD OF APPLES Signed First Edition 1973 -Alfred A. Knopf [Hardcover] John Cheever 1 exemplaar
Odabrane priče 1 exemplaar
The City of Lost Dreams 1 exemplaar
John Cheever Stories 1 exemplaar
Solo un'altra volta: Tutti i racconti vol. II 1 exemplaar
The Golden Age 1 exemplaar
Just Tell Me Who It Was 1 exemplaar
A Miscellany Of Characters That Will Not Appear 1 exemplaar
Boy In Rome 1 exemplaar
The Music Teacher 1 exemplaar
The Lowboy 1 exemplaar
Brimmer 1 exemplaar
The Duchess 1 exemplaar
The Seaside Houses 1 exemplaar
Selected Prose 1 exemplaar
Un giorno qualsiasi (in Il nuotatore) 1 exemplaar
The art of fiction LXII 1 exemplaar
Signs of hope 1 exemplaar
Of love: a testimony 1 exemplaar
The Chimera 1 exemplaar
An Educated American Woman 1 exemplaar
Återföreningen och andra noveller Box 1 1 exemplaar
Artemis, The Honest Well Digger 1 exemplaar
Miłosna Ballada 1 exemplaar
Wykształcona Amerykanka : opowiadania 1 exemplaar
Cheever John 1 exemplaar
Three Stories 1 exemplaar
The Fourth Alarm 1 exemplaar
Metamorphoses 1 exemplaar
Percy 1 exemplaar
Another Story 1 exemplaar
Marito in Città 1 exemplaar
The Ocean 1 exemplaar
Montraldo 1 exemplaar
Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin 1 exemplaar
Orasul visurilor spulberate 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Cheever, John
- Officiële naam
- Cheever, John William
- Geboortedatum
- 1912-05-27
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1982-06-18
- Graflocatie
- First Parish Cemetery, Norwell, Massachusetts, USA
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Ossining, New York, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- cancer
- Woonplaatsen
- Wollaston, Massachusetts, USA
New York, New York, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - Opleiding
- Quincy High School
Thayer Academy - Beroepen
- short-story writer
novelist - Relaties
- Cheever, Susan (daughter)
Cheever, Benjamin (son)
Bellow, Saul (friend)
Young, Florence Liley (aunt)
Cheever, Federico (son) - Organisaties
- National Institute of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1957)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1973) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1956)
National Medal for Literature (1982)
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1979)
Edward MacDowell Medal (1979)
National Book Award (1958, 1981) - Agent
- William Loverd
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