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John Updike

Prof. John Updike, American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic

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American novelist, poet (1932–2009)

Born 18 March 1932
Died 27 January 2009

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  • Cover of: Rabbit, run
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    First published in 1800 — 31 editions
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  • Cover of: Rabbit redux.
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  • Cover of: The poorhouse fair.
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  • Cover of: Couples.
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  • Cover of: A child's calendar.
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  • Cover of: The witches of Eastwick
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  • Cover of: Marry me: a romance
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  • Cover of: Month of Sundays
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    First published in 1988 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: Bech: a book
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  • Cover of: Fifty Best American Short Stories
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  • Cover of: Rabbit is rich
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  • Cover of: The coup
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  • Cover of: Of the farm.
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  • Cover of: The same door: short stories.
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    First published in 1959 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: Pigeon feathers, and other stories.
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American novelist, poet (1932–2009)

Born 18 March 1932
Died 27 January 2009

Subjects

Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Harry Angstrom (Fictitious character), Middle class men, Social life and customs, Literature, American Short stories, American poetry, Poetry, American literature, Fiction, short stories (single author), Man-woman relationships, Adultery, Autobiographical memory, Families, History, History and criticism, Manners and customs, Older women, Terrorism, Women painters, American fiction, Egyptian Americans, Fiction, general, Interviewing

Places

United States, Massachusetts, New England, Vermont, Denmark, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, England, Alabama, India, Owl Creek Bridge, Brazil, Calcutta, Jefferson, Mallard residence, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Salem Village, Surrey, Wall Street, Yoknapatawpha County, Africa, Connecticut, Ipswich (Mass.)

People

John Updike, John Updike (1932-2009), Devil, John H. Watson, Peyton Farquhar, Sherlock Holmes, Bartleby, Brently Mallard, Cicero, Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Ethelred, Faith Brown, Ginger Nut, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Grimesby Roylott, Helen Stoner, Homer Barron, James Buchanan (1791-1868), John Jacob Astor, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Madeline Usher, Mr. Grierson

Time

20th century, 19th century, 1600s, 1861-65, Antebellum era, 1241-1397, 1861-1865, American Civil War, 1692, 1974-1977, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1890, 1940s-1960s, 1950's, 20e siècle, 21st century, Civil War, December, Early Twenty-first Century, Geschichte 1940-1990, Geschichte 2000, Xian dai, carnival, the mid 1980s

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Alternative names

  • John Updike
  • UPDIKE,J
  • J Updike
  • dust jacket design by author John Updike
  • John UPDIKE
  • John. Updike

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May 9, 2023 Edited by AgentSapphire merge authors
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