{
 "id": "john-irving-3b5ffe22",
 "name": "John Irving",
 "kind": "person",
 "disambiguation": "writer",
 "identifiers": {
  "mbid": [
   "3b5ffe22-2841-41da-8f13-dcb5c2d88f35"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q310379"
  ],
  "isni": [
   "0000000122839315"
  ],
  "discogs": [
   "1805908"
  ]
 },
 "aliases": [
  "John Irwing",
  "John Wallace Blunt Jr.",
  "John Winslow Irving"
 ],
 "facts": {
  "area": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "United States",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "3b5ffe22-2841-41da-8f13-dcb5c2d88f35",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "489ce91b-6658-3307-9877-795b68554c98"
    }
   ]
  },
  "award": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q310379",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-02",
     "ref": "Q107258",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "National Book Award for Fiction",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q310379",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-02",
     "ref": "Q3873144",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "Lambda Literary Award",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q310379",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-02",
     "ref": "Q594550",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "O. Henry Award",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q310379",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-02",
     "ref": "Q19339",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "Guggenheim Fellowship",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q310379",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-02",
     "ref": "Q1316544",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_date": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "1942-03-02",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "3b5ffe22-2841-41da-8f13-dcb5c2d88f35",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "precision": "day"
    },
    {
     "value": "1942-03-02",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q310379",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-02",
     "precision": "day",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_place": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Exeter",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "3b5ffe22-2841-41da-8f13-dcb5c2d88f35",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "6d8247ea-3c82-40f9-99f2-649fc674f6d5"
    },
    {
     "value": "Exeter",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q310379",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-02",
     "ref": "Q990504",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "citizenship": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "United States",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q310379",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-02",
     "ref": "Q30",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "country": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "US",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "3b5ffe22-2841-41da-8f13-dcb5c2d88f35",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24"
    }
   ]
  },
  "description": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "American novelist and screenwriter",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q310379",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-02"
    }
   ]
  },
  "member_of": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "American Academy of Arts and Sciences",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q310379",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-02",
     "ref": "Q463303",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "Writers Guild of America East",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q310379",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-02",
     "ref": "Q3446599",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "American Academy of Arts and Letters",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q310379",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-02",
     "ref": "Q463281",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    }
   ]
  },
  "occupation": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "novelist",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q310379",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-02",
     "ref": "Q6625963",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "screenwriter",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q310379",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-02",
     "ref": "Q28389",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "writer",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q310379",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-02",
     "ref": "Q36180",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  }
 },
 "discography": [],
 "links": [
  {
   "kind": "IMDb",
   "url": "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410288/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "VIAF",
   "url": "http://viaf.org/viaf/108238891"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs",
   "url": "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1805908"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "http://john-irving.com/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Irving"
  },
  {
   "kind": "official homepage",
   "url": "http://john-irving.com"
  },
  {
   "kind": "official homepage",
   "url": "http://john-irving.com/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79135330"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w69s273j"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb119082726"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://d-nb.info/gnd/119049708"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-876673"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2675188A"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79135330/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "social network",
   "url": "https://www.facebook.com/JohnIrvingAuthor"
  },
  {
   "kind": "songkick",
   "url": "https://www.songkick.com/artists/259207"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikidata",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310379"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikipedia",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Irving"
  }
 ],
 "citation": {
  "canonical_url": "https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/john-irving-3b5ffe22",
  "cite_as": "John Irving, Musician Dictionary, https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/john-irving-3b5ffe22",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): free to use with credit",
  "sources": [
   {
    "name": "musicbrainz",
    "dump": "20261024-001001",
    "date": "2026-10-24",
    "license": "CC0 1.0 (core data; supplementary fields removed)"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-28T151314",
    "date": "2026-10-28",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T161131",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T182648",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-30T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-30",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-31T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-31",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-01T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-01",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-02T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-02",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-03T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-03",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   }
  ]
 }
}