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Posthumous. Works. Novels. Short story collections. Collections. Short stories. Notes. References. External links. John Cheever. John William Cheever (May 27, 1912 – June 18, 1982) was an American short story writer and novelist. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs".
- 1935–1982
- Symbolism
- Short story, fiction
Feb 22, 2024 · A master of the short story, Cheever worked from “the interrupted event,” which he considered the prime source of short stories. He was famous for his clear and elegant prose and his careful fashioning of incidents and anecdotes. He is perhaps best-known for the two stories The Enormous Radio (1947) and The Swimmer (1964; film 1968).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Notable themes of Cheever’s story include memory, relationships, American suburban life, affluence, and middle age, and the story’s narrative elements can be read variously as allegorical, symbolic, and literal. But what are some of the key symbols of ‘The Swimmer’, and how should we interpret them?
John Cheever (1912-1982) was an American writer known for his keen, often critical, view of the American middle class. Known primarily for his short stories, his attention to detail and careful writing found the extraordinary in the ordinary.
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...
Mar 24, 2009 · Perhaps best known for the witty, sharp-edged stories he originally published in The New Yorker about life in the tony East Coast suburbs, the author moved from New York City to Westchester,...
Oct 17, 2009 · The Observer Biography books. This article is more than 14 years old. The demons that drove John Cheever. John Cheever, brilliant chronicler of American suburbia led a tortured double life...
