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John Updike

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Born: March 17 1932

Died: 2626 01 20092009

John Hoyer Updike was an American writer. Updike's most famous work is his Rabbit series . Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest both won Pulitzer Prizes for Updike. Describing his subject as "the American small town, Protestant middle class," Updike is well known for his careful craftsmanship and prolific writing, having published 22 novels and more than a dozen short story collections as well as poetry, literary criticism and children's books. Hundreds of his stories, reviews, and poems have appeared in The New Yorker since the 1950s. His works often explore sex, faith, and death, and their inter-relationships.

He died of lung cancer at age 76.

John Updike

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Born: March 17 1932

Died: 2626 01 20092009

John Hoyer Updike was an American writer. Updike's most famous work is his Rabbit series . Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest both won Pulitzer Prizes for Updike. Describing his subject as "the American small town, Protestant middle class," Updike is well known for his careful craftsmanship and prolific writing, having published 22 novels and more than a dozen short story collections as well as poetry, literary criticism and children's books. Hundreds of his stories, reviews, and poems have appeared in The New Yorker since the 1950s. His works often explore sex, faith, and death, and their inter-relationships.

He died of lung cancer at age 76.

Books from John Updike

Rabbit, Run

3.5/5 ( ratings)

The Power and the Glory

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Complete Stories

4.3/5 ( ratings)

The House of God

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Rabbit Is Rich

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Rabbit at Rest

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Witches of Eastwick

3.2/5 ( ratings)

Rabbit Redux

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The Diaries of Adam and Eve

Couples

3.5/5 ( ratings)

The Centaur

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Terrorist

3.1/5 ( ratings)

The Twelve Terrors of Christmas

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The Best American Short Stories of the Century

4.1/5 ( ratings)

The Widows of Eastwick

2.9/5 ( ratings)

In the Beauty of the Lilies

3.7/5 ( ratings)

The Early Stories, 1953-1975

4.1/5 ( ratings)

A Month of Sundays

3.4/5 ( ratings)

A Child's Calendar

The Eighth Day

3.9/5 ( ratings)