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John Updike

John Updike (1932–2009) was born in Shillington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954, and spent a year in Oxford, England, at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of The New Yorker. He is the author of more than sixty books, including collections of short stories, poems, essays, and criticism. His novels won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle, and the Howells Medal, among other honors.
John Updike: The Collected Stories
John Updike: Collected Early Stories (LOA #242)
John Updike: Collected Later Stories (LOA #243)
Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams

Books

John Updike: The Collected Stories
John Updike: Collected Early Stories (LOA #242)
John Updike: Collected Later Stories (LOA #243)
Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu: John Updike on Ted Williams

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