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John Updike Born 1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania

John Updike Born 1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania. “writing educates the writer as it goes along.". Short Biography. Graduated from Harvard Worked for New Yorker magazine 1955-1957 Won Pulitzer prize in 1982 for Rabbit is Rich Won Pulitzer prize in 1991 for Rabbit at Rest.

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John Updike Born 1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania

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  1. John UpdikeBorn 1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania “writing educates the writer as it goes along."

  2. Short Biography • Graduated from Harvard • Worked for New Yorker magazine 1955-1957 • Won Pulitzer prize in 1982 for Rabbit is Rich • Won Pulitzer prize in 1991 for Rabbit at Rest.

  3. Themes in Updike’s Writing • Tensions and frustrations of the middle class (ordinary life) • Suburban marriage • Aging • “the three great secret things” in human experience: sex, art, religion

  4. Updike’s Main Works • The Carpentered Hen and other Tame Creatures, poetry (1958)—first book • The Poorhouse Fair, (1959)—first novel • The Rabbit books: Rabbit, Run (1963), Rabbit Redux (1971), Rabbit is Rich (1981), Rabbit at Rest (1990) • Collections of Short Stories: Pigeon Feathers (1962), Bech, a Book (1970), Problems (1979), Too Far Too Go (1979) • Latest collection of short stories, Licks of Love (2000), includes a 182 page novella titled “Rabbit Remembered”

  5. Updike’s Awards • Guggenheim Fellow (1959) • Rosenthal Award • National Institute of Arts and Letters (1959) • National Book Award in Fiction (1964) • O. Henry Prize (1967-68) • American Book Award (1982) • National Book Critics Circle Award, for fiction (1982, 1990) • Union League Club Abraham Lincoln Award (1982) • National Arts Club Medal of Honor (1984) • National Medal of the Arts (1989) • Received National Medal for Humanities at the White House (2003)

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