1. JOHN UPDIKE HOW HE USES REAL LIFE EVENTS IN HIS NOVELS BY CHRISTYE STEVENSON Christye Stevenson English 1102 Mrs. Owens May 07, 2011

2. JOHN UPDIKE HE WAS BORN ON MARCH 18, 1932 PARENTS WESLEY AND LINDA UPDIKE MARRIED MARY PENNINGTON HAD FOUR KIDS DIVORCED IN 1974 SECOND WIFE MARTHA BERNHARD UNTIL HIS DEATH

3. JOHN UPDIKE HE WROTE MANY NOVELS STARTING WITH THE RABBIT NOVELS THE CENTAUR WHICH DESCRIBE HIS EARLY YEARS AS A YOUNG BOY COUPLES WHICH LANDED HIM ON THE TIME MAGAZINE IN 1960

4. THE THREE’S THEMES IN JOHN UPDIKE’S WORK SEX “ COUPLES” 1968 RELIGION “IN THE BEAUTY OF THE LILLIES” 1996 ART “ SEEK MY FACE” 2002

5. JOHN UPDIKE HE WAS A NOVELIST, SHORT STORIES HE WAS WRITER, AND LITERARY CRITIC HIS WRITINGS EXPAND OVER 50 YEARS

6. JOHN UPDIKE’S AWARDS HE WON TWO PULITZER PRIZE FOR THE WORK OF FICTION ON HIS RABBIT’S NOVELS NATIONAL BOOK AWARD ON THE RABBIT’S AND THE CENTAUR, GUGGENHELM FELLOWSHIP HE HAS BEEN ON TIMES MAGAZINES MANY TIMES FOR HIS PUBLISH WORKS

7. JOHN UPDIKE HE HAS RECEIVED MANY AWARDS AND WONDERFUL REVIEWS OF HIS WORKS. HE DIED IN DANVERS, MASSACHUSETTS AT THE AGE OF 76 FROM CANCER.