John Cheever

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American writer human novelist short story writer writer

John Cheever was a prominent 20th-century American writer best known for his incisive short stories and novels depicting the anxieties and contradictions of suburban middle-class life.

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John Cheever canonical 4

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instanceOf American writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
awardReceived National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
National Book Critics Circle Award ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1912-05-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1982-06-18 ⓘ
describedBySource The New Yorker ⓘ
educatedAt Academy of the Pacific ⓘ
Thayer Academy ⓘ
employer The New Yorker ⓘ
familyName Cheever ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
realist fiction ⓘ
short story ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasChild Benjamin Cheever ⓘ
Federico Cheever ⓘ
Susan Cheever ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement postwar American literature ⓘ
name John Cheever self-link ⓘ
notableFor depictions of American suburban life ⓘ
notableWork Bullet Park ⓘ
Falconer ⓘ
Oh What a Paradise It Seems ⓘ
The Enormous Radio ⓘ
The Housebreaker of Shady Hill ⓘ
The Stories of John Cheever ⓘ
The Swimmer ⓘ
The Wapshot Chronicle ⓘ
The Wapshot Chronicle ⓘ
surface form: The Wapshot Scandal
occupation novelist ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
periodOfActivity 20th century ⓘ
placeOfBirth Quincy, Massachusetts ⓘ
placeOfDeath Ossining, New York ⓘ
residence Ossining, New York ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Mary Winternitz ⓘ
subjectOf The Journals of John Cheever ⓘ
writingStyle ironic ⓘ
psychological realism ⓘ

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John Cheever → name → John Cheever self-link ⓘ