Birth Name: John William Cheever
Occupation: Novelist
Place Of Birth: Massachusetts
Date Of Birth: May 27, 1912
Date Of Death: June 18, 1982
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: White
Nationality: American
John Cheever was born on the 27th of May, 1912. He was famous for being a Novelist. 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).
John Cheever was born in Massachusetts. He attended both Quincy High School and Thayer Academy in Massachusetts. During his teenage years, he won a Boston Herald-sponsored short story competition. 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.
John Cheever was a Gemini and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
John Cheever was born in 1910s. The 1910s represented the culmination of European militarism. Discover what happened on this day.
John William Cheever is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
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Family
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John Cheever was born in the Year of the Rat.
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| REAL NAME: | John William Cheever |
| NICKNAME: | The Chekhov of the suburbs |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Gemini |
| BIRTH DAY: | Monday |
| DEATH DAY: | Friday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: John Cheever was a Gemini. People of this zodiac sign like music, books, magazines, chatting, short trips and dislike being alone, repetition and routine. The strengths of this sign are being gentle, affectionate, curious, adaptable, able to learn quickly, while weaknesses can be nervous, inconsistent and indecisive. The greatest overall compatibility with Gemini is Sagittarius and Aquarius.
Chinese Zodiac: John Cheever was born in the Year of the Serpent. People born under this sign are clever and charming. They're curious, but sometimes too motivated by money.
Ruling Planet: John Cheever had a ruling planet of Mercury and has a ruling planet of Mercury and by astrological associations Wednesday is ruled by Mercury. In Astrology, Mercury is the planet that rules our mindset. People who are born with Mercury as the ruling planet have communication skills, intellect and cleverness.
John Cheever’s birth sign is Gemini and he had a ruling planet of Mercury.
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