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American novelist, poet (1932–2009)
Also known as: John Hoyer Updike, Джон Апдайк, جون أبدايك, 존 업다이크, ジョン・アップダイク, 約翰·厄普代克
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- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
- Prentice Hall Literature -- Gold
- The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
- Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience
- The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition