TheBestseller
Observatory

Author

John Updike

March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009 · United States

Poet, Writer, Novelist, Essayist, Playwright, Art critic, Author, Literary critic, Science fiction writer, Children's writer, Journalist

Titles on list

18

Total weeks

200

Peak rank

#1

Weeks at #1

1

#15101519591971198319952006
Hit #1Dot size = weeks on list

Biography

Born
March 18, 1932 · Reading
Died
January 27, 2009 · Danvers
Nationality
United States
Gender
Male
Languages
English
Education
Harvard University, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Governor Mifflin Senior High School, Harvard College

Awards & Honours

  • 1954Bowdoin prize
  • 1964National Book Award for Fiction
  • 1966O. Henry Award
  • 1981National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
  • 1982Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
  • 1982National Book Award for Fiction
  • 1983National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism
  • 1987St. Louis Literary Award
  • 1987Helmerich Award
  • 1988PEN/Malamud Award
  • 1989National Medal of Arts
  • 1990National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
  • 1990Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinary Award
  • 1991Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
  • 1992honorary doctor of Harvard University
  • 1993Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service
  • 1994Prix Laure Bataillon
  • 1995Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎
  • 1995William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
  • 1997Ambassador Book Award
  • 1998National Book Award
  • 2003National Humanities Medal
  • 2004PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
  • 2005Carl Sandburg Literary Award
  • 2006Rea Award for the Short Story
  • 2008Jefferson Lecture
  • Golden Rose Award
  • Guggenheim Fellowship

On the Bestseller Lists

18 titles

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).