Updike

American  

[uhp-dahyk] / ˈʌpˌdaɪk /

noun

1. John, 1932–2009, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

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Updike British  

/ ˈʌpˌdaɪk /

noun

1. John ( Hoyer ). 1932–2009, US writer. His novels include Rabbit, Run (1960), Couples (1968), The Coup (1979), Brazil (1993), Seek My Face (2003), and Rabbit is Rich (1982) and Rabbit at Rest (1990), both of which won Pulitzer prizes

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Updike

Barr comes off as a caricature of the “great male narcissists,” as David Foster Wallace memorably smeared postwar novelists such as Norman Mailer and John Updike.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

John Updike worried that success would make him lazy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

“She’s become a virtuoso,” author John Updike, the literary critic for the New Yorker, said in a 2001 interview with the Montreal Gazette.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2024

Hodgson's playing career was effectively a non-league affair but the inquiring mind of a man who enjoyed reading the works of Milan Kundera, John Updike and Philip Roth was always destined for coaching and management.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2024

But the main reason people call me White Rabbit is because we had to read this very sad book by John Updike.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

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