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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
Oct 17, 2009 · John Cheever, brilliant chronicler of American suburbia led a tortured double life filled with sexual guilt, alcoholism and self-loathing. On the eve of a major new biography, Rachel Cooke...
Feb 22, 2024 · 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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Mar 1, 2009 · The basic psychoanalysis of John Cheever has been amply delivered: the unwanted late child, threatened by his father’s demand that the pregnancy be aborted; the smaller, sensitive brother of a...
Mar 24, 2009 · Twenty-seven years after his death, the life and work of writer John Cheever are once again in the spotlight. The award-winning author is the subject of a thick new biography — Cheever: A...
May 11, 2018 · Novelist and short story writer. Instructor at Barnard College, 1956-57, Ossining, NY, Correctional Facility, 1971-72, and at University of Iowa Writers Workshop, 1973; visiting professor of creative writing, Boston University, 1974-75. Member of cultural exchange program to U.S.S.R., 1964.
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...
