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Updike

[ uhp-dahyk ]

noun

  1. John, 1932–2009, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.


Updike

/ ˈʌˌ岹ɪ /

noun

  1. UpdikeJohn (Hoyer)19322009MUSWRITING: writer John ( Hoyer ). 1932–2009, US writer. His novels include Rabbit, Run (1960), Couples (1968), The Coup (1979), Brazil (1993), Seek My Face (2003), and Rabbit is Rich (1982) and Rabbit at Rest (1990), both of which won Pulitzer prizes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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It has been well trod in novels by writers such as John Updike and Philip Roth and more recently, Michel Houellebecq.

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“She’s become a virtuoso,” author John Updike, the literary critic for the New Yorker, said in a 2001 interview with the Montreal Gazette.

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Aaron Updike, a metrologist for the National Weather Service in Indianapolis, one of the cities under an enhanced risk, said severe weather would move into the region in the morning and fade away shortly thereafter.

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Hodgson's playing career was effectively a non-league affair but the inquiring mind of a man who enjoyed reading the works of Milan Kundera, John Updike and Philip Roth was always destined for coaching and management.

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“He will get out there and stand in front of the limelight to talk about banned books,” said Jaci Updike, the chief revenue officer at Penguin Random House U.S..

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