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- John Cheever was born on May 27, 1912 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Swimmer (1968), Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) and 3 by Cheever (1979). He was married to Mary Winternitz. He died on June 18, 1982 in Ossining, New York, USA.
- SpouseMary Winternitz(March 27, 1941 - June 18, 1982) (his death, 3 children)
- A (fictional) box of his letters was used as a plot device in the Seinfeld episode The Cheever Letters (1992).
- Suffered from "gephyrophobia" (fear of crossing bridges)
- Won a National Book Award in 1958 for his novel "The Wapshot Chronicle."
- Won a Pulitzer Prize in 1979 for "The Stories of John Cheever."
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 149-152. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
- Some years ago I said that I felt like a runner, concerned with my wind, my strength and the surrounding scenery, but concerned not at all with where I had been . . . it is still what I feel.
- One has an impulse to bring glad tidings to someone. My sense of literature is a sense of giving, not a diminishment. I know of almost no pleasure greater than having a piece of fiction draw together disparate incidents so that they relate to one another and confirms that feeling that life itself is is a creative process.
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