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John Updike

American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic.

Born March 18th, 1932 in Reading. [ref]

Died January 27th, 2009 at 76 years old in Danvers (lung cancer). [ref]

Occupations
art critic, author, children's writer, essayist, journalist, literary critic, novelist, playwright, poet, science fiction writer, writer
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It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson