John Cheever

Born: 1912-05-27

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). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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The Swimmer

as Man at Pool Party (uncredited)
Released: 1968-08-09

Well-off ad man Ned Merrill is visiting a friend when he notices the abundance of backyard pools...

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The Shady Hill Kidnapping

as Narrator
Released: 1982-01-12

John Cheever's wry comedy of errors comes to the screen in this filmed presentation from the...

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Robert Montgomery Presents

as Mr. Blake
First aired: 1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...

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