The pen stops here…
Author John Updike died Tuesday, January 27. Born in Reading, PA, he wrote more than 50 books since graduating from Harvard in 1954. His writings earned numerous literary awards including two Pulitzers. He frequently wrote for The New Yorker and a posthumous book will be published later this year titled, My Father’s Tears and Other Stories.
Selections of Updike’s books in the library collection include:
- The centaur (1963) Main Coll. 813 U664c
The Rabbit series:
- Rabbit, run (1960) Main Coll. 813 U664r
- Rabbit redux (1971) Main Coll. 813 U664ra
- Rabbit is rich (1981) Main Coll. 813 U664rab
- Rabbit at rest (1990) Main Coll. 813 U664rabb
- The witches of Eastwick (1984) Main Coll. 813 U664w
- In the beauty of the lilies (1996) Main Coll. 813 U664i
- Americana: and other poems (2001) Main Coll. 811.5 U664a
- Still looking: essays on American art (2005) Main Coll. 709.73 U66s
- Terrorist (2006) Main Coll. 813 U666t
In the library’s AV Alcove:
- The John Updike collection [Audiodisc] (2003) AV 813.54 U66j
Issues of The New Yorker Magazine:
- In print on C level from 1661 (v.37) – present
Some resources about the author:
- Access the Gale Literary Index from the library home page > Articles A – Z > Gale Literary Index > Author Search for John Updike
- John Updike: a bibliography, 1967-1993 / compiled by Jack De Bellis; foreword by John Updike (1994) Main Coll. 813 U664yd
- The John Updike encyclopedia / Jack De Bellis (2000)
Main Coll. 813 U664yd2 - Updike: America’s man of letters / William H. Pritchard (2000)
Main Coll. 813 U664zp
Information Source: Associated Press. (2009, January 27). John Updike, Author, Dies at 76. The New York Times. Retrieved January 27, 2009, from http://www.nytonline.com.
