John Knowles was born in Fairmont, West Virginia on September 16th, 1926 and passed away at the age of 75 on November 29th, 2001.
John Knowles Stats: The highest rated book by John Knowles on Book Notification is A Separate Peace, the first novel in the Peace series.
The most read book by John Knowles on Book Notification is A Separate Peace, the first novel in the Peace series.
Below is a complete list of John Knowles books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by John Knowles is the Peace Series.
John Knowles was born on September 16th, 1926. John passed away November 29th, 2001 at 75 years old. John Knowles was born in Fairmont, West Virginia.
John Knowles is probably best known for his Standalone Novels. There are currently 7 novels available. The first standalone was released in 1963 with the novel Morning In Antibes. The most recently released novel was The Private Life of Axie Reed which was released in 1986.
John Knowles also wrote the Peace series which has 2 books including A Separate Peace and Peace Breaks Out.
Knowles graduated from the Phillips Exeter Academy, and after spending time in the US Army Air Forces, he went to Yale University. He graduated from Yale in 1949. He wrote for The Yale Record while there, and then wrote stories for the Hartford Courant prior to becoming a writer.
His novel A Separate Peace is based on his time at Phillips Exeter Academy.
Knowles' books have won multiple awards, A Separate Peace won the PEN/Faulkner Award, William Faulkner Foundation Award, in 1961 as well as the National Institute of Arts and Letters - Rosenthal Award in 1961.
Knowles' book, A Separate Peace was nominated for the National Book Awards, Best Fiction, in 1961.
John's award-winning novel, A Separate Peace, has been adapted twice into movies. Both movies share the same name as the book. The first movie was adapted in 1972 and starred Parker Stevenson. The most recent adaptation was in 2004, as a made for TV movie starring J Barton as Gene.
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