Writing
John Updike
- Born
- Mar 18, 1932 · Aged 76
- Died
- Jan 27, 2009
- Place of birth
- Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 2
- TV credits
- 3
Biography
John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic. Updike's most famous work is his Rabbit series (the novels Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit Is Rich; Rabbit At Rest; and the novella "Rabbit Remembered") which chronicled the life of Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom over the course of several decades, from young adulthood to his death. Both Rabbit Is Rich (1981) and Rabbit At Rest (1990) received the Pulitzer Prize. He is one of only three authors (the others being Booth Tarkington and William Faulkner) to win…
