6/29/2023 0 Comments John updike 1971![]() ![]() Too Far to Go (the Maples stories) (1979).Shillington served as a base for his fictional town of Olinger, the embodiment of suburbia. He was an eleventh generation American, and his family spent his childhood in Shillington, Pennsylvania, living with Linda’s parents. John Hoyer Updike was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, on March 18, 1932, to Wesley Russell and Linda Updike, née Hoyer. Children: Elizabeth, David, Michael, and Miranda Margaret.Spouses: Mary Pennington, Martha Ruggles Bernhard.Awards and Honors: Two Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction (1982, 1991) two National Book Awards (1964, 1982) 1989 National Medal of Arts 2003 National Humanities Medal Rea Award for the Short Story for outstanding achievement 2008 Jefferson Lecture, the U.S.Parents: Wesley Russell Updike, Linda Updike (née Hoyer).Known For: Pulitzer Prize winning American writer whose fiction explored the tensions of the American middle class, sexuality, and religion. ![]()
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