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Updike

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Up·dike  (pdk), John Hoyer 1932-2009.
American writer particularly known for his tragicomic novels, such as Rabbit, Run (1960) and Rabbit at Rest (1990), concerning the trials of middle-class suburbanites.

Updike [ˈʌpˌdaɪk]
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(Biographies / Updike, John (Hoyer) (1932 M, US, WRITING: writer) John (Hoyer). born 1932, US writer. His novels include
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Noun1.Updike - United States author (born 1932)Updike - United States author (born 1932)    


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Begley's Updike obituary ran in the Observer, and plans for this biography were hatched shortly thereafter.
But some of his colleagues were included in a satirical piece, which John Updike submitted to his editors, during the three summers he spent at the Eagle on holiday from Harvard University.
Throwing caution to the wind, I began to tell Updike about the influence of his essays on me and how it compelled me to go back and reread Nathaniel Hawthorne.
 
 
 
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