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Updike

American

[uhp-dahyk] / ˈʌpˌdaɪk /

noun

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

Updike British

/ ˈʌpˌdaɪk /

noun

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 worried that his publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, would turn it down and that its appearance in England might even send him to jail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

John Updike worried that success would make him lazy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

It has been well trod in novels by writers such as John Updike and Philip Roth and more recently, Michel Houellebecq.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025

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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