John Updike
John Updike (1932-2009) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer and essayist. He is perhaps best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom series, including the novels Rabbit, Run , Rabbit Redux , Rabbit is Rich and a novella entitled Rabbit Remembered . He began his career as a staff writer with The New Yorker and became associated with the publication, despite only working there for two years. Besides writing more than twenty novels and many short story and poetry collections, Updike was also considered one of the best American literature and art critics of his generation.