john updike

     

He published his first Rabbit novel, "Rabbit, Run", in 1960

Trivia about john updike

  • "Rabbit At Rest"
  • His fourth & he says final Rabbit Angstrom novel is "Rabbit at Rest"
  • His short stories include 1962's "A & P" & his novels include 1960's "Rabbit, Run"
  • Once a staff writer for the New Yorker, this "Rabbit, Run" author still contributes regularly
  • The childrens' opera "The Fisherman and His Wife" has a libretto by this author: "Rabbit, Run" to see it
  • "The great thing about the dead, they make space", he wrote in "Rabbit is Rich"
  • His 1996 book "Golf Dreams: Writings On Golf" includes excerpts from his "Rabbit" novels
  • (Hi, I'm Sean Hayes.) I got one of my first big breaks when I was cast in the film "A & P", based on a story by this "Rabbit, Run" author
  • He may have put his rabbit to rest, but in 1996 he published a new family saga, "In The Beauty Of The Lilies"
  • He wrote in "Rabbit is Rich", "We are cruel enough without meaning to be"
  • He won a Pulitzer in 1982 for his novel "Rabbit is Rich"
  • Writing novels about tense married couples, & being written about in the memoir "U and I"
  • In 2008 the Times called this author's "The Widows of Eastwick" a "predictably ingenious sequel"
  • In 1990 this author put Rabbit Angstrom to rest
  • With his "Rabbit At Rest", he turned to today's news for his 2006 novel "Terrorist"
  • In 1964 he won a National Book Award for his novel "The Centaur"
  • This "Rabbit, Run" author & father of 4 also wrote "A Child's Calendar", with a poem for every month