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John William Cheever was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, the second child of Frederick Lincoln Cheever and Mary Liley Cheever. His father was a prosperous shoe salesman, and Cheever spent much of his childhood in a large Victorian house, at 123 Winthrop Avenue, [5] in the then-genteel suburb of Wollaston, Massachusetts.
Jun 14, 2024 · Notable Works: “Falconer”. “The Enormous Radio”. “The Swimmer”. “The Wapshot Chronicle”. John Cheever (born May 27, 1912, Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.—died June 18, 1982, Ossining, New York) was an American short-story writer and novelist whose work describes, often through fantasy and ironic comedy, the life, manners, and ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mar 1, 2009 · John Cheever, the author of five novels and of many—a hundred and twenty-one—of the most brilliant and memorable short stories this magazine has ever printed, died in 1982, at the age of ...
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- June 18, 1982
- May 27, 1912
- The Stories of John Cheever.
- Falconer.
- The Wapshot Chronicle.
- The Swimmer.
May 30, 2012 · You rarely feel in Cheever, as you do in his contemporary and fellow New Yorker fiction stalwart John O’Hara, that a raw hunger for admission into an idealized upper class distorts his ability...
- Brad Leithauser
Mar 24, 2009 · Twenty-seven years after his death, the life and work of John Cheever are in the spotlight again. A new biography chronicles Cheever's chameleon-like evolution, and moves beyond his...
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May 11, 2018 · Learn about John Cheever, a prominent American novelist and short story writer of the twentieth century. Explore his life, awards, publications, and themes of suburban alienation and spiritual crisis.
