John Updike
John Hoyer Updike was a prolific and highly acclaimed American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic. Known for his careful craftsmanship and realistic, subtle depictions of the American Protestant middle-class life, he is best remembered for his 'Rabbit' tetralogy, which chronicles the life of Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom. He was a regular contributor to The New Yorker for over five decades and is one of the few writers to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction twice.
Awards
['Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1982, 1991)', 'National Book Award (1964, 1982)', 'National Book Critics Circle Award (1981, 1990)', 'National Medal of Arts (1989)', 'National Humanities Medal (2003)', 'PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction (2004)']
Notable Works
['Rabbit, Run', 'Rabbit Redux', 'Rabbit Is Rich', 'Rabbit at Rest', 'The Witches of Eastwick', 'The Centaur', 'Couples', 'Self-Consciousness']
