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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 ...
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 ...
“The Poorhouse Fair squarely addresses the selfsame that have continued to interest Updike throughout his career: the past as source of strength, the importance of religious faith, the primacy of the individual, and the essential emptiness that seems to be descending on the American spirit.” —Literary critic George J. Searles in The Poorhouse Fair: Updike’s Thesis Statement (1982) [9]
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 story concerns George Caldwell, a school teacher, and his son Peter, outside of Alton (i.e., Reading), Pennsylvania.The novel explores the relationship between the depressive Caldwell and his anxious son, loosely based on John Updike's relationship with his father, Wesley Updike, a teacher at Shillington High School. [4]
It is perhaps best known for being the location of the homestead to Pennsylvania's first governor, Thomas Mifflin, [4] and as the childhood home of American author John Updike. Many of Updike's stories take place in the fictional town of Olinger, a lightly-disguised version of Shillington, and in its environs.
Living in the house from the time he was born until he was thirteen years of age, Updike wrote his first fiction, poetry and prose in the house and "famously said it was where his 'artistic eggs were hatched.'” [3] [4] [5] The home and surrounding communities of Shillington and Reading inspired a great deal of Updike's writings, with several of his works specifically incorporating parts of ...