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| Renowned US novelist John Updike has died at the age of 76, his publisher has announced. He had been suffering from lung cancer. | Renowned US novelist John Updike has died at the age of 76, his publisher has announced. He had been suffering from lung cancer. |
| Updike won many top literary prizes, including Pulitzers for two volumes of his famous Rabbit series. | Updike won many top literary prizes, including Pulitzers for two volumes of his famous Rabbit series. |
| In about 50 books over half-a-century, he chronicled sex, divorce and other aspects of life in post-war America. | In about 50 books over half-a-century, he chronicled sex, divorce and other aspects of life in post-war America. |
| He once told an interviewer that his subject was "the American small town, Protestant middle class". | He once told an interviewer that his subject was "the American small town, Protestant middle class". |
| The son of a schoolmaster, Updike was born in Pennsylvania in 1932 and, after attending Harvard, spent a year as an art student in Oxford in the UK. | The son of a schoolmaster, Updike was born in Pennsylvania in 1932 and, after attending Harvard, spent a year as an art student in Oxford in the UK. |
| Later he joined the staff of the New Yorker magazine, to which he contributed numerous poems, essays and short stories. | Later he joined the staff of the New Yorker magazine, to which he contributed numerous poems, essays and short stories. |
| PROMINENT UPDIKE NOVELS Rabbit, Run, 1960Couples, 1968Rabbit Redux, 1971The Witches of Eastwick, 1984Memories of the Ford Administration, 1992 Obituary: John Updike class="" href="http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=5972&edition=1">John Updike: Your memories | |
| Updike's first novel, The Poorhouse Fair, was published in 1959. The following year, though, saw the publication of the book which established him as one of the greatest novelists of his age, Rabbit, Run. | Updike's first novel, The Poorhouse Fair, was published in 1959. The following year, though, saw the publication of the book which established him as one of the greatest novelists of his age, Rabbit, Run. |
| It marked the debut of his most enduring character, Harold "Rabbit" Angstrom. | It marked the debut of his most enduring character, Harold "Rabbit" Angstrom. |
| In the following decades he would write sequels, including Rabbit Redux, Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest, charting the course of a man's life - his job, marriage, affairs, minor triumphs and death. | In the following decades he would write sequels, including Rabbit Redux, Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest, charting the course of a man's life - his job, marriage, affairs, minor triumphs and death. |
| The death was announced by publisher Alfred A Knopf. | The death was announced by publisher Alfred A Knopf. |
| "He was one of our greatest writers and he will be sorely missed," Knopf publicity director Nicholas Latimer said. | "He was one of our greatest writers and he will be sorely missed," Knopf publicity director Nicholas Latimer said. |
| Send us your comments about John Updike and his legacy using the form below. | Send us your comments about John Updike and his legacy using the form below. |