| Full Name |
John Hoyer Updike |
| Date of Birth |
18 March 1932 |
| Place of Birth |
Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Date of Death |
27 January 2009 |
| Place of Death |
Danvers, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Citizenship / Country of Residence |
American / United States |
| Education |
Harvard University (B.A.), Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art (attended) |
| Profession |
Novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic |
| Years of Activity |
c. 1954 - 2009 |
| Brief Information |
John Updike was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, and literary critic. He received two Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction for his novels "Rabbit Is Rich" (1981) and "Rabbit at Rest" (1990). His extensive body of work often explored themes of religion, sexuality, and the American middle class. |