1932 - 2009
John Updike American Writer
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John Updike was previously married to Martha Bernhard (1977 - 2009) and Mary E. Pennington (1953 - 1976).
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American Writer John Updike was born John Hoyer Updike on 18th March, 1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. and passed away on 27th Jan 2009 Danvers, Massachusetts, U.S.A. aged 76. He is most remembered for The Carpentered Hen. His zodiac sign is Pisces.
John Updike is a member of the following lists: American poets, American novelists and American Christians.
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Relationship Statistics
Type | Total | Longest | Average | Shortest |
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Married | 2 |
33 years
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28 years, 6 months
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24 years
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Total | 2 |
33 years
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28 years, 6 months
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24 years
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Details
First Name |
John
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Last Name |
Updike
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Full Name at Birth |
John Hoyer Updike
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Birthday |
18th March, 1932
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Birthplace |
Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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Died |
27th January, 2009
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Place of Death |
Danvers, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
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Cause of Death |
Lung Cancer
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Build |
Slim
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Hair Color |
Grey
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Zodiac Sign |
Pisces
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Sexuality |
Straight
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Religion |
Christian
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Ethnicity |
White
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Nationality |
American
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Occupation Text |
Novelist, Short Story Writer, Literary Critic
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Occupation |
Writer
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Claim to Fame |
The Carpentered Hen
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Music Genre (Text) |
Literary realism
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John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic. One of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once (the others being Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, and Colson Whitehead), Updike published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as poetry, art and literary criticism and children's books during his career.