Setting Free the Bears (also see below), Random House ( New York, NY), 1969. Rockefeller Foundation grant, 1971-72 National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, 1974-75 Guggenheim fellow, 1976-77 National Book Award nomination, 1979, and American Book Award, 1980, both for The World according to Garp named among ten 'Good Guys' honored for contributions furthering advancement of women, National Women's Political Caucus, 1988, for The Cider House Rules Academy Award for screenplay based on material previously produced or published, 1999, for The Cider House Rules.

Hermon School, assistant wrestling coach, 1981-83, Fessenden School, assistant wrestling coach, 1984-86, Vermont Academy, head wrestling coach, 1987-89. Phillips Exeter Academy, NH, assistant wrestling coach, 1964-65 Northfield Mt. Teacher and reader at Bread Loaf Writers Conference, 1976. Windham College, assistant professor of English, 1967-69, 1970-72 University of Iowa, Iowa City, writer-in-residence, 1972-75 Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, assistant professor of English, 1975-78 Brandeis University, assistant professor of English, 1978-79.

Agent-c/o Author Mail, Random House, 201 East 50th St., New York, NY 10022. Home-Dorset, VT and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (cum laude), 1965 University of Iowa, M.F.A., 1967 additional study at University of Pittsburgh, 1961-62, and University of Vienna, 1963-64. Education: University of New Hampshire, B.A. (a teacher) and Frances (Winslow) Irving married Shyla Leary, Aug(divorced, 1981) married Janet Turnbull, Jchildren: (first marriage) Colin, Brendan, (second marriage) Everett. Born John Wallace Blunt, Jr., March 2, 1942, in Exeter, NH son of Colin F.

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