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John Updike

John Hoyer Updike

American novelist, poet (1932–2009).

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Date of Birth

3/18/1932

Date of Death

1/27/2009

Country of Citizenship

United States

Award Received

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Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres‎
(1/26/1995)
Point in Time
: 1/26/1995
National Medal of Arts
(1989)
Point in Time
: 1989
National Humanities Medal
(2003)
Point in Time
: 2003
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
(2004)
For Work
:
The Early Stories: 1953–1975
Point in Time
: 2004
St. Louis Literary Award
(1987)
Point in Time
: 1987
Helmerich Award
(1987)
Point in Time
: 1987
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
(1982)
For Work
:
Rabbit Is Rich
Point in Time
: 1982
PEN/Malamud Award
(1988)
Point in Time
: 1988
Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service
(1993)
Point in Time
: 1993
Rea Award for the Short Story
(2006)
Point in Time
: 2006
Jefferson Lecture
(2008)
Point in Time
: 2008
O. Henry Award
(1966)
Point in Time
: 1966
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
(1981)
For Work
:
Rabbit Is Rich
Point in Time
: 1981
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
(1990)
For Work
:
Rabbit at Rest
Point in Time
: 1990
Golden Rose Award
Ambassador Book Award
(1997)
For Work
:
In the Beauty of the Lilies
Point in Time
: 1997
Bowdoin Prize
(1954)
Point in Time
: 1954
Honorary Doctor of Harvard University
(1992)
Point in Time
: 1992
William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
(1995)
Point in Time
: 1995
Guggenheim Fellowship
Carl Sandburg Literary Award
(2005)
Point in Time
: 2005
National Book Award for Fiction
(1964)
For Work
:
The Centaur
Point in Time
: 1964
National Book Award for Fiction
(1982)
For Work
:
Rabbit Is Rich
Point in Time
: 1982
National Book Award
(1998)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Lifetime Achievement Award
Point in Time
: 1998
National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism
(1983)
Point in Time
: 1983
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
(1991)
For Work
:
Rabbit at Rest
Point in Time
: 1991
Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinary Award
(1990)
Point in Time
: 1990

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Place of Birth

Reading

Educated At

Harvard University
(1950 - 1954)
Academic Major
:
English Literature
Academic Degree
:
Bachelor's Degree
End Time
: 1954
Start Time
: 1950
Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art
(1954 - )
Start Time
: 1954
Governor Mifflin Senior High School
Harvard College

Place of Death

Danvers

Notable Work

The Witches of Eastwick

Cause of Death

Lung Cancer

Occupation

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Poet
Writer
Novelist
Essayist
Playwright
Art Critic
Author
Literary Critic
Science Fiction Writer
Children's Writer
Journalist

Described by Source

Larousse Encyclopedia Online
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Obálky Knih
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Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol. 1
Page(s)
:508

Given Name

John

Member Of

American Academy of Arts and Letters
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
PEN America

Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Religion or Worldview

Anglicanism

Nominated For

National Book Award for Fiction
(1960)
For Work
:
The Poorhouse Fair
Point in Time
: 1960
National Book Award for Fiction
(1961)
For Work
:
Rabbit, Run
Point in Time
: 1961
National Book Award for Fiction
(1963)
For Work
:
Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories
Point in Time
: 1963
National Book Award for Fiction
(1971)
Point in Time
: 1971
National Book Award for Fiction
(1972)
For Work
:
Rabbit Redux
Point in Time
: 1972
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
(1982)
For Work
:
Rabbit Is Rich
Point in Time
: 1982
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
(1988)
For Work
:
The Witches of Eastwick
Point in Time
: 1988
International Booker Prize
(2005)
Point in Time
: 2005

Influenced By

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Karl Barth
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Franz Kafka
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Marcel Proust
James Joyce
J. D. Salinger
William Shakespeare
Søren Kierkegaard
Henry James
Herman Melville
Arthur Schopenhauer
Vladimir Nabokov
John Cheever
Alice Munro
John Barth
Ernest Hemingway
Roger Angell
Italo Calvino
Henry Green
Truman Capote
James Thurber

Name in Native Language

John Updike

Family Name

Updike

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Sex or Gender

Male

Archives At

Library of Congress
University of Maryland Libraries
New York Public Library Main Branch
Collection
:
Henry W. And Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Title
: John Updike supplemental file form Lord John Press collection of papers
Inventory Number
:Berg Coll m.b. Updike L67 1976
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Start of Work Period

1959

List of Works

John Updike Bibliography

Spouse

Mary Entwistle Pennington
Martha Ruggles Bernhard

Mother

Father

Child

Elizabeth Updike Cobblah
David Updike

Writing Language

English

Place of Burial

Robeson Lutheran Church Cemetery

Medical Condition

Stuttering
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