John Updike, American Novelist, 1932-2009
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Updike, most famous for his four ‘Rabbit’ novels, passed away on Tuesday of cancer at age 76. Over his lifetime he was awarded the Pulitzer not once, but twice, and published more than 50 books. See more about Updike from PBS programs.
Tavis Smiley
Interview with Updike from 2006
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
Updike talks about religion, 2004
NewsHour
Updike on his early works, interviewed 2003
Recent Obit from NewsHour’s arts blog.
Charlie Rose
See all Charlie Rose/John Updike interviews
See interview on Rose site.
Rose interviewed Updike many times over the years. Below is the last/latest, from November 2008:
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