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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
27 items
Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres
(1/26/1995)
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1/26/1995
National Medal of Arts
(1989)
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1989
National Humanities Medal
(2003)
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2003
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
(2004)
For Work
:
The Early Stories: 1953–1975
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2004
St. Louis Literary Award
(1987)
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1987
Helmerich Award
(1987)
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1987
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
(1982)
For Work
:
Rabbit Is Rich
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:
1982
PEN/Malamud Award
(1988)
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1988
Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service
(1993)
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1993
Rea Award for the Short Story
(2006)
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2006
Jefferson Lecture
(2008)
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2008
O. Henry Award
(1966)
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1966
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
(1981)
For Work
:
Rabbit Is Rich
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1981
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
(1990)
For Work
:
Rabbit at Rest
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:
1990
Golden Rose Award
Ambassador Book Award
(1997)
For Work
:
In the Beauty of the Lilies
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1997
Bowdoin Prize
(1954)
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1954
Honorary Doctor of Harvard University
(1992)
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1992
William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
(1995)
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1995
Guggenheim Fellowship
Carl Sandburg Literary Award
(2005)
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:
2005
National Book Award for Fiction
(1964)
For Work
:
The Centaur
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:
1964
National Book Award for Fiction
(1982)
For Work
:
Rabbit Is Rich
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:
1982
National Book Award
(1998)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Lifetime Achievement Award
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:
1998
National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism
(1983)
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1983
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
(1991)
For Work
:
Rabbit at Rest
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1991
Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinary Award
(1990)
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1990
Instance Of
Human
Image
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
11 items
Poet
Writer
Novelist
Essayist
Playwright
Art Critic
Author
Literary Critic
Science Fiction Writer
Children's Writer
Journalist
Described by Source
Larousse Encyclopedia Online
Reference URL
:
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Obálky Knih
URL
:
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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
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:
1960
National Book Award for Fiction
(1961)
For Work
:
Rabbit, Run
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1961
National Book Award for Fiction
(1963)
For Work
:
Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories
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1963
National Book Award for Fiction
(1971)
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1971
National Book Award for Fiction
(1972)
For Work
:
Rabbit Redux
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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)
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2005
Influenced By
22 items
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
Linda Grace Hoyer
Wesley Russell Updike