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John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic.One of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once (the others being Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, and Colson Whitehead), Updike published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as ...
John Updike's death in January 2009 marked both the passing of an American literary giant and the end of an era in publishing. For more than 50 years, Updike's exclusive U.S. publisher was Knopf ...
“For all the novels, the stories, the journalism, essays, poetry, wit and wisdom, his understanding of the US and of life, readers can only thank him. John Updike has taken his final bow with a swan song worthy of his genius.” —Literary critic Eileen Battersby from “The Master Takes a Final Bow” in The Irish Times, June 20, 2009.</ref>
"Updike's Quest for Liturgy" in John Updike: A Collection of Critical Essays. 1979. David Thorburn and Howard Eiland, editors. pp.183-191. ISBN 0-13-937607-0; Mizener, Arthur. 1964. "Memory in Pigeon Feathers" excerpted from “The American Hero as High-School Boy: Peter Caldwell" in John Updike: A Collection of Critical Essays. 1979.
Apr. 14—BEVERLY — As a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, John Updike was a prominent figure in American literature. As a longtime resident of Beverly, he kept a lower profile.
Martha Franc Ruggles Bernhard Updike (October 18, 1937 – October 9, 2023) was an American social worker and the widow of author John Updike.She served as a model for several of his fictional characters, including in his story "A Constellation of Events", which was loosely based on the initiation of their relationship.
Allen, Mary. 1976. John Updike's Love of "Dull Bovine Beauty" from The Necessary Blankness: Women in Major American Fiction of the Sixties. from University of Illinois Press, 1976 in John Updike: Modern Critical Views, Harold Bloom, editor. pp. 69–95 ISBN 0-87754-717-3; Begley, Adam. 2014. Updike. Harpercollins Publishers, New York.
The following is the complete bibliography of John Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009), an American novelist, poet, critic and essayist noted for his prolific output over a 50-year period. His bibliography includes some 23 novels , 18 short story collections, 12 collections of poetry , 4 children's books, and 12 collections of non ...