The American classic died, writer John Apdike

An outstanding writer, one of the last classics of American literature, John Apdike died in the 77th year of his life. This was reported by the Skynews channel with reference to the writer's agent.

The media have not yet been reported by the media, but Sky notes that Updike suffered from lung cancer.

During his life, Apdike received two Pulitzer prizes and many other awards. Despite the fact that he was considered an “intellectual” writer, his books have always been bestsellers.

John Appadayk was born in 1932 in Pennsylvania, in the small city of Reding. Chillington spent his childhood in a small town. He was the son of an emigrant from Holland and German. After school, he began to study literature at Harvard.

In 1953, Mary Entwistle Pennington became his wife, after which he successfully passed the final exams at the Oxford School in Painting Courses. In 1955, he gets the place of the employee in the New Yorker magazine, in which his first stories were published. After 2 years, the Updike becomes the head of the criticism department.

In 1957, the Apdike became a professional writer, moves under Boston and publishes a work per year. The first collection of poems was released “Firmly knocked out chicken and other tamed creatures” (1958), followed by the collection “The same door” (1959) and the first novel “Fair in the Almond” (1959).

In 1960, the first volume of Tetralogy of the Rabbit was published. It describes the life of Herri Engstrome (nicknamed "Rabbit") - a typical provincial citizen.

Roman's novels:

1960: "Rabbit, run"
1971: "Rabbit healed"
1981: "Rabbit got rich"
1990: "Rabbit to City"

In 1972-1975 he served as an honorary consultant to the Congress library. In 1974, he divorced his wife, subsequently moved to Georgetown and married (1977) at March Ragls Bernard.