http://nhpr.org en http://nhpr.org/post/john-irving <p>From the youth spent at Philips Exeter Academy that pervades his body of work, through his studies with Kurt Vonnegut at the prestigious Iowa Writers Workshop – known for producing authors the like of Pulitzer winners John Cheever and Philip Roth - John Winslow Irving has emerged as a true literary heavyweight, distinctly American of voice, and one of the most influential cultural exports to come out of New Hampshire. Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:38:51 +0000 Virginia Prescott 19844 at http://nhpr.org John Irving