The Resume

(May 27, 1912-June 18, 1982)
Wrote 'The Wapshot Chronicle (1957),' 'The Wapshot Scandal (1964),' 'Bullet Park (1969),' 'Falconer (1977),' and 'The Stories of John Cheever (1978)'
Published many stories in The New Yorker magazine

Why he might be annoying:

He dropped out of high school.
He was an alcoholic.
He was married, but had many affairs with men.

Why he might not be annoying:

When his mother was pregnant with him, his father invited an abortionist to have dinner with them.
When he was a child, his family was so poor his mother had to sell his bed.
He fought as an infantry gunner in World War II.
In 1975, he checked himself into rehab and became completely sober.
His stories satirize the wealthy suburban scene.
His writings are both funny and sad.
He figured into an episode of 'Seinfeld' ('The Cheever Letters,' 1992).

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Allegedly Gay Men
• Allegedly Gay Men Who Married Women
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5271912)
• Guggenheim Fellowship Grant Recipients
• I am a New Englander
• I am an Adulterer
• I Died in 1982 (Ranked: 70)
• Male Pipe Smokers
• Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century [1998] (Ranked: 63)
• My Kid Trashed Me
• NPR's 100 Best Literary Characters of the 20th Century [Authors - 2002] (Ranked: 50)
• People with John or Mary in their Names
• Profiles 10501-10750 (Ranked: 10663)
• Satirists and Wits
• Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels [Authors]
• UK Guardian's James Runcie's Top 10 Books About Brothers [April 14, 2009] (Ranked: 5)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19820618)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 1]

Year In Review:

In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 58 Votes: 63.79% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 62 Votes: 69.35% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 65.52% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 42 Votes: 59.52% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 31 Votes: 61.29% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 62 Votes: 58.06% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 143 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 184 Votes: 58.15% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 197 Votes: 55.33% Annoying