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'''John Updike''' (Reading, Pennsylvania 1932 - 2009) was an [[American]] [[novel]]ist, [[poet]], [[writer]] and literary critic. The area surrounding Reading has provided the setting for many of his stories. He is known for his ''"Rabbit"'' novels (Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom). | '''John Updike''' (Reading, Pennsylvania 1932 - 2009) was an [[American]] [[novel]]ist, [[poet]], [[writer]] and literary critic. The area surrounding Reading has provided the setting for many of his stories. He is known for his ''"Rabbit"'' novels (Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom). | ||
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| + | Updike is one of the three authors to ever win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once once (the other two were [[ [[William Faulkner]] and [[Booth Tarkington]]). | ||
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Revision as of 18:36, November 28, 2015
John Updike (Reading, Pennsylvania 1932 - 2009) was an American novelist, poet, writer and literary critic. The area surrounding Reading has provided the setting for many of his stories. He is known for his "Rabbit" novels (Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom).
Updike is one of the three authors to ever win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once once (the other two were [[ William Faulkner and Booth Tarkington).