He won an Oscar for writing the screenplay of "The Cider House Rules", based on his own novel
The film won two 
Academy Awards, and was nominated for the Academy ... Irving won the 
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, while Michael Caine won his 
second Academy Award... [DOC] [TLE] John Irving - Wikipedia [PAR] John Winslow Irving is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning 
screenwriter.