John Updike

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American writer essayist human literary critic novelist poet short story writer

John Updike was an American novelist, short-story writer, and critic best known for his incisive portrayals of middle-class life in works such as the "Rabbit" series.

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John Updike canonical 11
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instanceOf American writer ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
awardReceived National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
National Book Critics Circle Award ⓘ
National Medal of Arts ⓘ
O. Henry Award ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
Rea Award for the Short Story ⓘ
causeOfDeath lung cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1932-03-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2009-01-27 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
Shillington High School ⓘ
employer The New Yorker ⓘ
familyName John Updike self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Updike
fieldOfWork fiction ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
fullName John Updike self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: John Hoyer Updike
genre literary fiction ⓘ
realist fiction ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
influenced David Foster Wallace ⓘ
Jonathan Franzen ⓘ
Nicholson Baker ⓘ
influencedBy Henry Green ⓘ
James Joyce ⓘ
Marcel Proust ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement postmodern literature ⓘ
realism ⓘ
notableWork A Month of Sundays ⓘ
Couples ⓘ
In the Beauty of the Lilies ⓘ
Of the Farm ⓘ
Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories ⓘ
Problems and Other Stories ⓘ
Rabbit Is Rich ⓘ
Rabbit Redux ⓘ
Rabbit Remembered ⓘ
Rabbit at Rest ⓘ
Rabbit, Run ⓘ
Roger's Version ⓘ
S. (novel) ⓘ
Terrorist ⓘ
The Centaur ⓘ
The Early Stories: 1953–1975 ⓘ
The Witches of Eastwick ⓘ
Too Far to Go ⓘ
Trust Me ⓘ
notedFor portrayals of American middle-class life ⓘ
numberOfChildren 4 ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Reading, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Danvers, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Danvers, Massachusetts, United States
religion Protestantism ⓘ
residence Beverly, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, United States

Ipswich, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States
spouse Martha Ruggles Bernhard ⓘ
Mary E. Pennington ⓘ
studiedAt Ruskin School of Art ⓘ

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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction → notableMultipleWinner → John Updike ⓘ
National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters → notableRecipient → John Updike ⓘ
William Dean Howells Medal → hasRecipient → John Updike ⓘ
National Book Award for Fiction → notableWinner → John Updike ⓘ
The Viking Press → hasAuthorPublished → John Updike ⓘ
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction → notableRecipient → John Updike ⓘ
The Harvard Lampoon → hasNotableAlumni → John Updike ⓘ
John Updike → fullName → John Updike self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Hoyer Updike
John Updike → familyName → John Updike self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Updike
Mademoiselle magazine → notableContributor → John Updike ⓘ
subject surface form: Mademoiselle
Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award → notableRecipient → John Updike ⓘ
The Witches of Eastwick → authorOfSourceWork → John Updike ⓘ
Playboy (as journalist) → hasContributor → John Updike ⓘ
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