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John Irving published his first novel, Setting Free the Bears, in 1968. He has been nominated for a National Book Award three times-winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp. He also received an O. Henry Award, in 1981, for the short story "Interior Space." In 1992, Mr. Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules-a film with seven Academy Award nominations. In 2001, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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Bibliography

Standalone Fiction

Setting Free the Bears

The Water-Method Man

The 158-Pound Marriage

The World According to Garp

The Hotel New Hampshire

The Cider House Rules

A Prayer for Owen Meany

A Son of the Circus

Trying to Save Piggy Sneed

Trying to Save Piggy Sneed

Short story collection

A Widow for One Year

The Fourth Hand

Until I Find You

Last Night in Twisted River

In One Person

Avenue of Mysteries

The Last Chairlift

Queen Esther

Standalone Non-fiction

The Imaginary Girlfriend

My Movie Business: A Memoir

Little Stacks of Classics & Literary Fiction

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