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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 ...
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 ...
Problems and Other Stories is a collection of 23 works of short fiction by John Updike.The volume was published in 1979 by Alfred A. Knopf.The stories were first carried in literary journals, 17 of which appeared in The New Yorker.
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 ...
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.
The Afterlife and Other Stories is a collection of 22 works of short fiction and a novella by John Updike.The volume was published in 1994 by Alfred A. Knopf. [1] [2] [3]The short story "The Sandstone Farmhouse" included in the collection won First Prize at the O. Henry Award competition in 1991.
M. Gilbert Porter called the titular A&P in Updike's story "the common denominator of middle-class suburbia, an appropriate symbol for [the] mass ethic of a consumer-conditioned society". According to Porter, when the main character chooses to rebel against the A&P he also rebels against this consumer-conditioned society, and in so doing he ...
John Updike: The Poetry Foundation, Biography; John Updike: The Poetry Foundation, Poems This page was last edited on 7 August 2023, at 00:16 (UTC). Text is ...