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Avery Corman


Born
in New York, The United States
November 28, 1935

Genre
Literature & Fiction


Avery Corman (born November 28, 1935, in the Bronx, New York) is an American novelist.

He is the author of the novel Kramer vs. Kramer (1977) which created a sea change in attitudes toward child custody with the public and in the courts in the United States and internationally. Robert Benton wrote the screenplay and directed the movie of the same name Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep. It won 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screen Play. A previous Corman novel, Oh, God! (1971) was the basis for the movie comedy Oh, God!, screenplay by Larry Gelbart, starring George Burns and John Denver. His other novels include The Old Neighborhood (1980), 50 (1987), Prized Possessions (1991), The Big ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 4,529 ratings · 437 reviews · 36 distinct works • Similar authors
Kramer vs. Kramer
3.87 avg rating — 2,855 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions
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The Old Neighborhood
4.06 avg rating — 861 ratings — published 1980 — 23 editions
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Oh, God!
3.79 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 1971 — 21 editions
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3.76 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions
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A Perfect Divorce
3.32 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2004 — 16 editions
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Prized Possessions
3.55 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1991 — 21 editions
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The Boyfriend from Hell
2.80 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions
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50
3.75 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1987 — 18 editions
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My Old Neighborhood Remembe...
3.77 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions
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The Big Hype
3.17 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions
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“one of the things Man doesn’t need in this Universe is for God to have a sense of humor, especially a lousy one.”
― Avery Corman, Oh, God!
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“I took the book and placed it in the section for “new arrivals” and just looked at it there. Nothing I had ever done as a writer made me prouder than seeing my novel on a shelf in my childhood library.”
― Avery Corman, The Big Hype: A Novel
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“Apart from that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?”
― Avery Corman, The Big Hype: A Novel
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