John Updike
American novelist, poet (1932-2009) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 76
John Hoyer Updike was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic.
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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.
