About
An American novelist and short fiction writer, he is best known for such short stories as "The Enormous Radio," "Goodbye, My Brother," and "The Five-Forty-Eight." His novels include Bullet Park (1969), Falconer (1977), and the National Book Award-winning work, The Wapshot Chronicle (1957).
Before Fame
He attended both Quincy High School and Thayer Academy in Massachusetts. During his teenage years, he won a Boston Herald-sponsored short story competition.
Trivia
He was was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. His short story collection, The Stories of John Cheever, received both the 1981 National Book Award and the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Family Life
He was the son of a wealthy Massachusetts shoe salesman. He married Mary Winternitz in 1941.
Associated With
He was close friends with writer Raymond Carver.
