Randall Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 John Updike Dies Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist John Updike, who penned over 50 books beginning in the 1950s, died today at the age of 76. "A literary writer who frequently appeared on best seller lists, the tall, hawk-nosed Updike wrote novels, short stories, poems, criticism, the memoir Self-Consciousness and even a famous essay about baseball great Ted Williams,” the Associated Press reported. Updike won his Pulitzers for Rabbit Is Rich and Rabbit at Rest as well as two National Book Awards. The cause of death was lung cancer. Rabbit novels (1960) Rabbit, Run (1971) Rabbit Redux (1981) Rabbit Is Rich (1990) Rabbit At Rest (2001) Rabbit Remembered Bech books (1970) Bech, a Book (1982) Bech Is Back (1998) Bech at Bay Buchanan books (1974) Buchanan Dying (a play) (1992) Memories of the Ford Administration (a novel) Eastwick books (1984) The Witches of Eastwick (2008) The Widows of Eastwick Other novels (1959) The Poorhouse Fair (1963) The Centaur (1965) Of the Farm (1968) Couples (1975) A Month of Sundays (1977) Marry Me (1978) The Coup (1986) Roger's Version (1988) S. (1994) Brazil (1996) In the Beauty of the Lilies (1997) Toward the End of Time (2000) Gertrude and Claudius (2002) Seek My Face (2004) Villages (2006) Terrorist Short Story Collections (1959) The Same Door (1961) A & P (1962) Pigeon Feathers (1964) Olinger Stories (a selection) (1966) The Music School (1972) Museums And Women (1979) Problems (1979) Too Far To Go (related short stories about a single family) (1987) Trust Me (1994) The Afterlife (2000) The Best American Short Stories of the Century (editor) (2001) Licks of Love (2003) The Early Stories: 1953-1975 (2009) My Father's Tears and Other Stories Poetry (1957) Ex-Basketball Player (1958) The Carpentered Hen (1963) Telephone Poles (1969) Midpoint (1969) Dance of the Solids (1977) Tossing and Turning (1985) Facing Nature (1993) Collected Poems 1953-1993 (2001) Americana: and Other Poems Non-fiction, essays and criticism (1965) Assorted Prose (1975) Picked-Up Pieces (1983) Hugging The Shore (1989) Self-Consciousness: Memoirs (1989) Just Looking (1991) Odd Jobs (1996) Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf (1999) More Matter (2005) Still Looking: Essays on American Art (2007) Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism [edit] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godtomsatan Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 A literary giant, but I only read a couple of things by him. Always seemed like an "establishment" writer to me, as opposed to others of his generation who tackled what I thought to be more sweeping visions of things (Wolfe, Roth, etc.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheikYerbuti Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Krusty: Bookwriting, what a scam! It's only 20 pages long, and I got this guy to write it for me! What's your name again? This Guy: John Updike. Krusty: Whoa, whoa! I didn't ask for your life story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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