Before he died in 1982, Cheever was ranked third in a survey of living American writers whose work would live on for generations.
在契弗1982年去世之前,他在一项在世美国作家的作品可以传世的调查中排名第三。
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Before he died in 1982, Cheever was ranked third, behind Saul Bellow and John Updike, in a survey of living American writers whose work would live on for generations.
I was nearly disqualified because I am only the third generation of my family born in the U.S., but it was ultimately decided that three generations of medical history would be OKthistime.