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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 .
- 1935–1982
- Symbolism
- Short story, fiction
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 morals of middle-class suburban America.
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John Cheever died of cancer on June 18, 1982. His final work, Oh What A Paradise It Seems, was published after his death. For More Information
John Cheever, whose poised, elegant prose established him as one of America's finest storytellers, died yesterday at his home in Ossining, N.Y. He was 70 years old and had been afflicted with...
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...
Mar 12, 2009 · Following John Cheever’s death from cancer in 1982, at the end of his life’s work as a novelist and story maker, his reputation as a writer and human, despite his alcoholism — indeed abetted...
9 Credits. Cheever's main themes include the duality of human nature: Sometimes dramatized as the disparity between a character's decorous social persona and inner corruption, and sometimes as a conflict between two characters (often brothers) who embody the salient aspects of both light and dark, flesh and spirit.
