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John Updike

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, Updike published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as poetry, art and literary criticism and children's books during his career. Hundreds of his stories, reviews, and poems appeared in The New Yorker starting in 1954. He also wrote regularly for The New York Review of Books. His most famous work is his "Rabbit" series, which chronicles the life of the middle-class everyman Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom over the course of several decades, from young adulthood to death.

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American novelist, poet (1932–2009)

Born 18 March 1932
Died 27 January 2009

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American novelist, poet (1932–2009)

Born 18 March 1932
Died 27 January 2009

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

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20th century 19th century 1600s 1861-65 Antebellum era 1241-1397 1861-1865 American Civil War 1692 1974-1977 21st century Civil War, 1861-1865 Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 17th century 1890 1940s-1960s 1950's 20e siècle Civil War December Early Twenty-first Century Geschichte 1940-1990 Geschichte 2000 Xian dai carnival

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