21. John Irving (I) Writer The Cider House Rules. Born in New Hampshire, irving is married and has three sons. He lives Visit IMDb for Photos, Filmography, Discussions, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410288/

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22. Salon | John Irving By Joan Smith. Salon An interview with the author about his collection of short pieces, Trying to Save Piggy Sneed. http://www.salon.com/march97/interview970303.html

T H E S A L O N I N T E R V I E W J O H N I R V I N G Literature's muscle man talks about how he wrestled his writing career to the ground and why he'd like to grind critics' faces into the mat. BY JOAN SMITH it was John Irving's high-school wrestling coach, Ted Seabrooke, who told him that "talent is overrated. That you're not very talented needn't be the end of it." Seabrooke also told him: "An underdog is in a position to take a healthy bite." And Irving, who counted himself neither a born athlete nor a born writer he was dyslexic before that particular learning disability had been identified by name took Seabrooke's words as a kind of mantra. "I was an underdog," the bestselling novelist writes in "The Imaginary Girlfriend," a long, autobiographical essay in his new collection of short pieces, "Trying to Save Piggy Sneed." "Therefore, I had to control the pace of everything. This was more than I learned in English 4W, but the concept was applicable to Creative Writing and to all my schoolwork, too. If my classmates could read our history assignment in an hour, I allowed myself two or three. If I couldn't learn to spell, I would keep a list of my most frequently misspelled words and I kept the list with me; I had it handy even for unannounced quizzes. Most of all, I rewrote everything; first drafts were like the first time you tried a new takedown you needed to drill it, over and over again, before you even dreamed of trying it in a match. I began to take my lack of talent seriously."

23. John Irving Profile -- Academy Of Achievement Readers around the world have embraced the vivid characters who tumble through the intricately imagined tales of john irving. He published his first novel http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/irv0pro-1

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24. Irving, John | Authors | Guardian Unlimited Books The Imaginary Girlfriend is a slim wrestling/writing memoir. Criticism Josie P Connell s john irving provides an accessible analysis of each novel. http://books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,,-91,00.html

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25. Bloomsbury.com - Bloomsbury Author Information john irving was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942, and lives in Toronto and john irving published his first novel at the age of twentysix. http://www.bloomsbury.com/johnirving/

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26. John Irving irving s parents divorced during his mother s pregnancy, and he was born john Wallace Blunt, Jr. His mother remarried when john was six, and the boy was http://www.nndb.com/people/359/000026281/

This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for John Irving AKA John Wallace Blunt Jr. Born: 2-Mar Birthplace: Exeter, NH Gender: Male Religion: Atheist Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Novelist Nationality: United States Executive summary: The World According to Garp Irving's parents divorced during his mother's pregnancy, and he was born John Wallace Blunt, Jr. His mother remarried when John was six, and the boy was renamed John Winslow Irving. His stepfather taught Russian history at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. His first three novels sold several thousand copies each, as Irving supported himself by teaching. His fourth novel, The World According to Garp , sold about 4,000,000 copies in English, and another 4,000,000 translated into other languages. Five of Irving's novels have been adapted to film: The World According to Garp The Hotel New Hampshire A Prayer for Owen Meany (as Simon Birch The Cider House Rules (the only one scripted by Irving himself), and

27. Becoming John Irving A john irving conversation unfolds like a john irving novel. The sentences begin, dense with clauses, bristling with specific detail. http://unhmagazine.unh.edu/f05/johnirving.html

current issue past issues send a letter/news address update ... alumni home Fall 2005 Departments Alumni News Alumni Profiles Book Reviews Campus Currents ... Table of Contents Search UNH Magazine Alumni site UNH site Features An earnest but dejected young man crosses paths with two professors who share his passion for writing. His life changes course, leading to an improbably happy ending. The true story of . . . Becoming John Irving by Jane Harrigan A John Irving conversation unfolds like a John Irving novel. The sentences begin, dense with clauses, bristling with specific detail. Merrily they traverse the tangled undergrowth between subject and verb, meandering past, around, never quite to the point. Tagging along breathlessly, the reader or listener starts to wonder: Where in this labyrinth is our hero? Has he lost the plot? What are all these random people and places doing in the story? To follow an Irving narrative requires suspension not just of disbelief but of distrust. Gradually you squelch your impatience and sink into the couch cushions, trusting that somewhere on this ship, no matter how apparently aimless its course, stands a master navigator who knows exactly where he's going. He knows because he writes the last sentence of each novel first. Not just an idea of the last sentence, but the actual sentence, complete with characters named and conflicts resolved. He sends the sentence on a postcard to selected friends, who file it away and then, years later when the book comes out, check to discover that the ending has not altered by so much as a semicolon.

28. Powells.com Interviews - John Irving Finding john irving On one list are the books you like to recommend. You want to turn someone on to your favorite unknown author or introduce them to the http://www.powells.com/authors/irving.html

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29. Distinguished Alumni Winner: John W. Irving Among other honors, john irving has won the O’Henry Award and the National Book Award. He has received grants and fellowships from the Rockefeller http://www.iowalum.com/daa/irving.html

Search our site Membership Member Services Homepage Benefits and Services For Members Only ... Home distinguished alumni award John W. Irving Achievement 2005 John W. Irving Achievement 2005 John W. Irving, 67MFA, may be one of the university's best-known alumni, having achieved this distinction as a highly acclaimed writer of novels and screenplays. For the University of Iowa to applaud a writer is not unusual, but to recognize a writer who is also both a wrestler and dyslexic is unusual indeed. Setting Free the Bears , was published in 1968 and was followed in 1972 by The Water Method Man The 158-Pound Marriage He moved back to New England in 1975, and in 1978 he published The World According to Garp . Although his earlier novels had received critical acclaim, Garp was a huge success both critically and commercially and was later made into a film starring Glenn Close and Robin Williams. His subsequent novels include The Hotel New Hampshire The Cider House Rules A Prayer for Owen Meany A Son of the Circus (1994), and

30. Salon Arts & Entertainment | The John Irving Rules By Jeff Stark. Salon Interview with the author on subjects like his Academy Award nomination for The Cider House Rules and the process of turning his http://archive.salon.com/ent/movies/int/2000/03/08/irving/index.html

Search Archives Contact Us Table Talk ... Columnists Current Wire Stories Click here to read the latest stories from the wires. Also Today For a full list Search Salon Advanced Search Help Music Review On "Buildings and Grounds," Boston trio Papas Fritas prefer precious pretense to prescient emotion. By Seth Mnookin Joe Frank conjures up the nightmares that "This American Life" and "A Prairie Home Companion" have when they go home at night. By Susan Emerling Music Review Day One find beauty in the sidewalk cracks without glossing over the British lower-middle-class milieu. By Michelle Goldberg Movie Review "3 Strikes" Movie Review "Drowning Mona" Bette Midler, Casey Affleck and Danny DeVito star in a backwoods slapstick that lacks the anarchy needed for true farce. By Charles Taylor Oscar watch: The author of "The Cider House Rules" talks about his Academy Award nomination, abortion and his strange fixation on oral sex. By Jeff Stark March 8, 2000 J ohn Irving's new book, "My Movie Business," explains how he wrote, rewrote and re-rewrote the script to the film version of his novel "The Cider House Rules" all over a period of a dozen years and with the involvement of no fewer than four directors. His book finally landed in the hands of Lasse Halström, the Swedish filmmaker best known for "My Life as a Dog" and "What's Eating Gilbert Grape." The movie that resulted ended up as one of the year's sleeper hits and earned a surprising seven Academy Award nominations, including one for best picture and another, for Irving, for best adapted screenplay.

31. JOHN IRVING TATTOO PICS Ottawa Author john irving is American, but in his heart, or at least on his shoulder, he is Canadian. The New Hampshire-born author of such celebrated http://www.vanishingtattoo.com/tattoo/celeb-irving.htm

Celeb Tattoos History Culture Links ... Tattoo Galleries Author John Irving wears his heart on his shoulder. The American writer sports a maple leaf tattoo to commemorate his marriage to his Canadian wife. Ottawa - Author John Irving is American, but in his heart, or at least on his shoulder, he is Canadian. The New Hampshire-born author of such celebrated best-sellers as The World According to Garp and The Cider House Rules has a maple leaf tattooed on his front left shoulder. The leaf is meant to honour Irving's wife, Janet Turnbull-Irving, a prominent Toronto literary agent. Having divorced his first wife, Shyla Leary, Irving perhaps figured that a maple leaf, rather than the word "Janet" was a smarter way to create a permanent souvenir of the marriage, just in case there is ever a wife No. 3. The tattoo, along with a second one in tribute to Irving's favorite sport, wrestling, was obtained in Amsterdam during his visits to promote his 1998 book, A Widow for One Year, which was set partially in the prostitution parlours of the Dutch city. Irving is now researching tattooing for a forthcoming novel.

32. Guardian Unlimited | Comment Is Free | John Irving: Günter Grass Is My Hero, As The obnoxious bitching about his enlistment in the Waffen SS shows how poorly critics grasp the psyche of writing john irving Saturday August 19, 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1853745,00.html

Sign in Register Read today's paper Jobs Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Archive search Arts Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Film Football Jobs Life MediaGuardian.co.uk Money The Observer Online Politics Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk Sport Talk Travel Audio Email services Special reports The Guardian The weblog The informer The northerner The wrap Advertising guide Crossword Dating Headline service Syndication services Events / offers Help / contacts Information Living our values Newsroom Reader Offers Style guide Travel offers TV listings Weather Web guides Working at GNL Guardian Weekly Money Observer Search: Home Contributors A-Z Subjects A-Z Editors' blog ... Other blogs The obnoxious bitching about his enlistment in the Waffen SS shows how poorly critics grasp the psyche of writing John Irving Saturday August 19, 2006 The Guardian Grass remains a hero to me, both as a writer and as a moral compass; his courage, both as a writer and as a citizen of Germany, is exemplary - a courage heightened, not lessened, by his most recent revelation. Grass enlisted at 15; he has said he volunteered mainly "to get away". I wonder if any of his critics truly remember themselves at 15. He had volunteered for the submarines, but in the last months of the war the Waffen SS were taking anyone they could get. I do not judge what 17-year-olds volunteer for - short of premeditated rape and murder. I signed up for officer training as a 19-year-old in 1961; I might have been in Vietnam as early as 1965, following my graduation from university, but my first child was born in March of that year. At that time, they wouldn't take you for combat if you were a father. I never served. I was politically opposed to the war, but I actually wanted to go; I was more curious about it than sensible, and I felt guilty that becoming a father when I was still a college student had gotten me dismissed (not intentionally).

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34. Homepage Of John Irving Office MN 125 Email name.surname at smu.ca (name john, surname irving) Phone (902) 420-5792. Mailing address john irving Dept. of Mathematics http://cs.smu.ca/~jirving/

Homepage of John Irving Last updated January 11, 2008 Who Am I? I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. My primary research interest is algebraic combinatorics, particularly enumerative problems underlying questions in geometry and representation theory. I am currently (winter 2008) teaching Math 1211: Introductory Calculus II Contents of this Page Contact Information Office Hours Research Contact Information I can be reached by foot, e-mail, and telephone as follows: Office: MN 125 E-mail: name.surname at smu.ca (name: john, surname: irving) Phone: (902) 420-5792 Mailing address: Office Hours and Teaching Schedule Send me an e-mail if you wish to set up an appointment to see me outside of office hours, or drop by the office and see if I'm available. Time / Date Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Math 1211 Lecture LA 297 Office Hours Math 1211 Lecture LA 296 Math 1211 Recitation A LA 173 Meetings Office Hours Office Hours Office Hours Math 1211 Recitation B LA 273 Teaching and Outreach I am currently teaching Math 1211 (Introductory Calculus II) along with recitations. The course webpage can be found

35. Keep Passing Open Windows; A Web Site Devoted To The Works Of John Irving / 1997 Anyway, in spite of my low profile the last few years in the john irving If you are interested in the novels of john irving, or the quirky people who http://www.corpus-delicti.com/barb/keeppassing.html

main email The latest: My Movie Business: A Memoir Thoughts on John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany A Prayer for Owen Meany Keep Passing Open Windows A Web Site devoted to the works of John Irving Irving News Irving Books Irving Websites Irving Discussion Forum I created this website several years ago and regretfully have not updated it much, as I've spent most of my spare time in the last few years growing and managing my company, Knowledge Solutions , and its online forensic science resources. However, I figured it was about time that I either update these pages, or take them down completely. The discussion forum used to generate a lot of traffic - both insightful and ludicrous comments - back when it was hosted on the old software. Since moving to WebX, not many people have found it - mainly because I didn't make the new link very accessible. Anyway, in spite of my low profile the last few years in the John Irving reading community, I continue to really enjoy his books. I ordered Widow for One Year right away when it came out, and enjoyed it much more than I did

36. John Irving Quotes - The Quotations Page john irving (1942 ) US novelist more author details john irving. - More quotations on Writing. - 2 Quotations in other collections http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/John_Irving/

Quotation Search by keyword or author: Home Weblog Quotes of the Day Motivational ... Read books online at our other site: The Literature Page Quotations by Author John Irving (1942 - ) US novelist [more author details] Showing quotations 1 to 1 of 1 total The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn't behave that way you would never do anything. John Irving - More quotations on: [ Writing 2 Quotations in other collections Search for John Irving at Amazon.com Showing quotations 1 to 1 of 1 total Previous Author: Archbishop Ireland Next Author: Washington Irving Return to Author List Browse our complete list of 3141 authors by last name: A B C D ... Z (c) 1994-2007 QuotationsPage.com and Michael Moncur Please read the

37. BookPage Interview May 1998: John Irving I hold a novel accountable for a good story, says john irving during a conversation about A Widow for One Year, his ninth and most intricately crafted http://www.bookpage.com/9805bp/john_irving.html

A Widow for One Year By John Irving Random House, $27.95 ISBN 0375501371 Buy or borrow this book! Support your local independent bookseller Find it in a WorldCat library Compare prices at major online bookstores Large print, $27.95 ISBN 037570289X Buy or borrow this book! Support your local independent bookseller Find it in a WorldCat library Compare prices at major online bookstores Random House Audiobooks, $49.95 ISBN 037540290X Buy or borrow this book! Support your local independent bookseller Find it in a WorldCat library Compare prices at major online bookstores Look who's talking in BookPage! Bob Adams Howard Bahr Jo Ann Beard John Berendt ... Michael Connelly Pat Conroy Michael Crichton Annie Dillard John Dufresne Dorothy Dunnett Umberto Eco Lolis Eric Elie Nicholas Evans Richard Ford Carlos Fuentes Diana Gabaldon Tipper Gore Katherine Graham ... Elizabeth McCracken Jay McInerney Walter Mosley Han Nolan Kem Nunn Robert B. Parker Brenda J. Ponichtera Annie Proulx Mario Puzo Anna Quindlen ... Laura Zigman Children's Authors Mary Chapin-Carpenter Caroline B. Cooney Paula Danziger David Diaz ... Gary Soto John Irving and the architecture of character INTERVIEW BY ALDEN MUDGE "I hold a novel accountable for a good story," says John Irving during a conversation about

38. John Anderson: Irving Essay The only time irving ventured back to Europe in this last phase of his life was when President john Tyler appointed him minister to Spain in 1842. http://pages.emerson.edu/faculty/John_Anderson/e_irving.htm

Chautauqua 1998 Early America: A Search for Freedom Washington Irving (1783-1859) John D. Anderson Washington Irving was among the first generation born in the newly created United States of America. The year of his birth1783was also the year England officially recognized our new nation, ending the American Revolution. Irving was heir to the legacy of freedom won by the heroes of the war for American independence, a legacy that marked Irving's contemporaries as the first "lost" generation. With George Washington as their larger-than-life Founding Father, Irving's generation was unsure how to live up to his standard of achievement. Irving eventually earned the title of the "Father of American Literature," but his journey to that goal was fraught with anxiety. His was a search for freedom from not political oppression, but from the uncertainty of what to do with the freedom won by the founding fathers; his was a search for identity. This search consisted of three distinct phases. In the first phase, lasting until he was 33 years old, Irving's wealthy and indulgent family allowed him to drift casually through life. Irving, the youngest of eight children, was clearly the pet of the family. His father, William Irving, was a well-to-do merchant in New York City, a self-made Scotsman who had emigrated to America in 1763. An imaginative but sickly child, Irving was eventually groomed as a lawyer, but his real education took place on a grand tour of Europe in 1804-1806, in lieu of attending Columbia College as had his two older brothers, William and Peter. His adventures abroad included being attacked by pirates while en route to Sicily.

39. A Very Unofficial John Irving Page Includes a list of books and films, images of the book covers, a compilation of thoughts on A Prayer for Owen Meany, and a biographical sketch of irving. http://ourworld-top.cs.com/irvingpage/

A Very Unofficial John Irving Page -a work in progress- This page was born on 4 September 1996 to provide information about the life and works of one of America's finest authors (and Canada's too). His work has always touched mehis unique mixture of comedy, tragedy, and the bizarre is far more true to life than some critics seem to think LATEST NEWS : A new film, Door in the Floor , is based on Irving's A Widow for One Year and will be released in late 2003. It stars Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger, and Mimi Rogers. His most current novel is The Fourth Hand , available in hardback and on audio book. The story goes... Television reporter Patrick Wallingford becomes a story himself when he loses his hand to a caged lion while in India covering a circus. A woman offers to donate a replacement hand... with a few minor strings attached. To hear 5+ minute audio clip of this fascinating new work, just click here The Books and The Films The Book Covers The ... The Links Keep passing the open windows! Last update: July 25, 2003

40. John Irving A bibliography of john irving s books, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/i/john-irving/

Fantastic Fiction Authors I John Irving Preferences google_ad_client = "pub-4149752303753296";google_alternate_ad_url = "http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/frames/banner.htm";google_ad_width = 468;google_ad_height = 60;google_ad_format = "468x60_as";google_ad_type = "text_image";google_ad_channel ="5061332721";google_color_border = "6699CC";google_color_bg = "003366";google_color_link = "FFFFFF";google_color_url = "AECCEB";google_color_text = "AECCEB"; Home Awards New Books Coming Soon ... Years Browse Authors A H O V ... U John Irving (John Winslow Irving) Search Authors Search Books About John Irving John Irving was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942, and he once admitted that he was a 'grim' child. Although he excelled in English at school and knew by the time he graduated that he wanted to write novels, it was not until he met a young Southern novelist named John Yount, at the University of New Hampshire, that he received encouragement. 'It was so simple,' he remembers. 'Yount was the first person to point out that anything I did except writing was going to be vaguely unsatisfying.' Irving has had a life-long passion for wrestling, and he plays a wrestling referee in the film of The World According to Garp. In his memoir, The Imaginary Girlfriend, John Irving writes about his life as a wrestler, a novelist and as a wrestling coach. He now writes full-time, has three children and lives in Vermont and Toronto.

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