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John Irving is a novelist, screenwriter, writer (United States).
John Winslow Irving (born John Wallace Blunt Jr.; March 2, 1942) is an American-Canadian novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978. Many of Irving's novels, including The Hotel New Hampshire (1981), The Cider House Rules (1985), A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989), and A Widow for One Year (1998), have been bestsellers. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 72nd Academy Awards for his script of the film adaptation of The Cider House Rules. Five of his novels have been adapted into films (Garp, Hotel New Hampshire, Owen Meany, Cider House, and Widow for One Year). Several of Irving's books and short stories have been set in and around New England, in fictional towns resembling Exeter, New Hampshire.
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| Born | 2 March 1942 |
| Profession | novelist, screenwriter, writer |
| Nationality | United States |
| Employer | Mount Holyoke College |
| Educated at | University of Iowa, Phillips Exeter Academy, University of New Hampshire |
| Awards | National Book Award for Fiction, Lambda Literary Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, O. Henry Award, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Leo |
| Nakshatra | Magha (Pada 3) |
| Sun Sign | Aquarius |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Libra |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 314 writers and poets with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 25 of them (8%) have the Moon in Leo, like John Irving, and 10 (3%) share the Magha Nakshatra — the #17 most common Moon Nakshatra among writers and poets, where Shravana leads with 18 (6%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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John Irving was born on 2 March 1942. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
John Irving's Moon sign (Rashi) is Leo and the Nakshatra is Magha, pada 3, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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