![]() ![]() Irving grew up in Exeter with a stepfather, Colin Franklin Newell Irving, who was a Phillips Exeter Academy faculty member. in Exeter, New Hampshire, the son of Helen Frances ( née Winslow) and John Wallace Blunt Sr., a writer and executive recruiter but the couple separated during pregnancy. Several of Irving's books ( Garp, Meany, Widow) and short stories have been set in and around Phillips Exeter Academy in the town of Exeter, New Hampshire. įive of his novels have been adapted into films ( Garp, Hotel, Meany, Cider, Widow). He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in the 72nd Academy Awards (1999) for his script of The Cider House Rules. 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. ![]() Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978. March 2, 1942) is an American- Canadian novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. ![]() John Winslow Irving (born John Wallace Blunt Jr. Academy Award for Best Adapted ScreenplayĪward for paperback general Fiction for The World According to Garp ![]()
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