John Irving

John Irving

John Winslow Irving (* 2. March 1942 in Exeter, New Hampshire) is an US-American novelist.

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John Irving became as John Wallace Blunt, Jr.born. It designated after Nseinem father, a combat pilot was. Its nut/mother, Helen Francis Winslow, a nurse, read yourself however already before thatBirth of the son separate. At the age of six years the name was changed, after its stepfather, Collin F. N. Irving, a professor for Russian history, had adopted it. With 14 years John began to rings and letters, had however because ofits Legasthenie at school large difficulties. At the age of 19 years he knew, what he wanted: And novels to rings write. (Quotation: „Letter is like rings. One needs discipline and technology. One must go toward a history as on oneOpponent. “)

Irving studied 1962/1963, two starting from 1961 at the university of Pittsburgh, then, Semster in Vienna, where he had the idea to his first novel: He spent his time in the zoo and in coffee houses (there it in his room), drove motorcycle was too cold, read the Blechtrommel of Günter Grass and wrote, inspired of it, its first book releases the bears!. Afterwards Irving went on the university from New Hampshire, where he locked 1965 with the Bachelor. ItsMaster OF Fine kind it locked 1967 in Iowa and began afterwards a lecturer place at a college in Vermont. 1968 appeared its Erstlingsroman release the bears!.

After it was after its third novel of the opinion, itspast publishing house would support, brought it only insufficiently it its fourth book, Garp and like it the world saw with another publishing house out and created with it its break-through. Success was like that overwhelming that Irving itself from now on fully thatSchriftstellerei to dedicate knew and its lecturer activity gave up.

1999 he wrote the film script of his novel of God work and devil contribution , after he dissociates himself in the year before from the film to its novel Owen Meany and a change of the titlein Simon Birch had reached. For its film script Irving was distinguished several times.

When uncoupling from the novel appeared to widow for one year (1998) in the year 2003 its first Kinderbuch a noise, like if one tried, no noise to make alsoDesigns of Tatjana captain.

John Irving has two sons from his first marriage and is married in second marriage since 1987 with its Agentin, with which he has a further son. It lives alternating in Vermont and Toronto.

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the most improbable, often extremely skurrilen and makabren if occurences, which change at the same time again into Urkomi, distinguish John Irvings of novels. A further main topic are the heights and depths of interhuman relations, which it mostly over-clearly and glaringlyrepresents:„... I always wrote over humans, who must live loved humans or children with any loss - all the same, whether they lost a part of the body. If there are topics, constantly repeat themselves in nearly allmean books, then there is the topics loss and force, which happen completely unexpectedly bizarr and. I see each condemned day of things in my Fantasie, which are more terrible than the 11. September 2001. “

Some motives are frequent in Irvings novelsto regain: Rings, Maine, New Hampshire and Staten Iceland, shy men, relations with older women, prostitute, the Schriftstellerei, Vienna, motorcycles, the circus and naturally bear. Some critics accuse Irving to write and constantly repeat themselves very auto+biographically; a problem,with which it argues also in widow for one year.

Irvings largest literary model is Charles of thickening.

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honors and honours

  • 1999 NBR Award for the film script to the filming of its novel of God work and devilContribution
  • 2000 OSCAR for the film script to the filming of its novel of God work and devil contribution
  • 2000 golden Satellite Award for the best adapted film script to the filming of its novel of God work and devil contribution
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novels

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  • books 1993 Trying tons to Piggy Sneed (dt. Rescue attempt for Piggy Sneed)
    Kurzgeschichten and an essay over Charles of thickening
  • 1996 The Imaginary Girlfriend (dt. The imaginary friend)
    of the struggle and writing- a Autobiografie
  • 1999 My Movie Business
    over its experiences to film its novel of God work and devil contribution
  • 2003 a noise, like if one tries to make no noise
    for Kinderbuch, from the first part of the novel “widow forYear ", with designs of Tatjana captain
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filmings

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literature

  • Hartmut brown: Literature as pulling mirrors. Metafiktion in the novels by John Irving. Osnabrück: The other Verl. 2004. ISBN 3-89959-197-6
  • Barbara Sinic: The socialcritical function of the grotesque one. Analyzed on the basis the novels of Vonnegut, Irving, Boyle, Grass, rose villages and Widmer. Frankfurt/Main and others: Long 2003. (= Viennese of contributions to Komparatistik and Rome anise TIC; 12) ISBN 3-631-50649-X
  • Elke white: JohnIrving and the art of the Fabulierens. Frankfurt/Main and others: Long 2002. (= of Bremen contributions to the literature and idea history; 37) ISBN 3-631-38889-6
  • John Irving: The imaginary friend. Of the struggle and writing. Zurich: Diogenes publishing house 2002. ISBN 3-257-23308-6
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person data
NAME Irving, John
ALTERNATIVE NAME John Winslow Irving
SHORT DESCRIPTION US-American novelist
DATE OF BIRTH 2. March 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Exeter, New Hampshire
DYING DATE
DYING PLACE
 

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