What is John Cheever's full name?
John William Cheever
John Cheever nickname(s):
The Chekhov of the suburbs
John Cheever date of birth:
May 27, 1912
How old was John Cheever when died?
70
Where was John Cheever born?
Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
When did John Cheever die?
June 18, 1982
Where did John Cheever die?
Ossining, New York, USA
John Cheever body shape:
Average
Is John Cheever gay or straight?
Bisexual
What is John Cheever's ethnicity?
White
What is John Cheever nationality?
American
What is John Cheever's occupation?
Writer
John Cheever claim to fame:
Bullet Park
Short Biography
John William Cheever (May 27, 1912 – June 18, 1982) was an American novelist and short story writer. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs". His fiction is mostly set in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the Westchester suburbs, old New England villages based on various South Shore towns around Quincy, Massachusetts, where he was born, and Italy, especially Rome. He is "now recognized as one of the most important short fiction writers of the 20th century." While Cheever is perhaps best remembered for his short stories (including "The Enormous Radio", "Goodbye, My Brother", "The Five-Forty-Eight", "The Country Husband", and "The Swimmer"), he also wrote four novels, comprising The Wapshot Chronicle (National Book Award, 1958), The Wapshot Scandal (William Dean Howells Medal, 1965), Bullet Park (1969), Falconer (1977) and a novella Oh What a Paradise It Seems (1982).