John Updike, who died in 2009 at 76, was one of the best-known and most highly regarded American writers of the second half of the 20th century. He started publishing his work in The New Yorker as ...

For more than half a century, John Updike streaked over the American literary landscape like a comet. A youthful prodigy at The New Yorker in the '50s, he soon made his mark as a fluent producer of ...

During his lifetime, John Updike was acclaimed as one of the greatest writers of his generation, the poet laureate of middle-class, small-town, Protestant America. From the time he was a boy, ...

“There never was a good biography of a good novelist,” wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald. He is too many people if he is any good.” More than most, the writer of fiction is keenly aware of the different ...

During his lifetime, John Updike was acclaimed as one of the greatest writers of his generation, the poet laureate of middle-class, small-town, Protestant America. From the time he was a boy, ...

John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic. Updike's most famous work is his Rabbit series (the novels ...

During his lifetime, John Updike was acclaimed as one of the greatest writers of his generation, the poet laureate of middle-class, small-town, Protestant America. From the time he was a boy, ...