John Updike

Family : None | Change residence 1945 (Family moved to farm) | Relationship : None | Marriage 26 June 1953 (Mary E. Pennington) | Social : None | End a program of study 1954 (Graduated from Harvard University) | Social : None | End a program of study 1955 (Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Arts) | Work : None | New Career 1955 (Went to work for "The New Yorker") | Family : None | Change in family responsibilities 1 April 1955 (Daughter Elizabeth born) | Work : None | New Job 1957 (Became a full-time writer) | Family : None | Change in family responsibilities 19 January 1957 (Son David born) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1959 (First novel released) | Family : None | Change in family responsibilities 14 May 1959 (Son Michael born) | Family : None | Change in family responsibilities 15 December 1960 (Daughter Miranda) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1963 (Story on Chiron, "Centaur") | Relationship : None | Divorce dates 1976 (From first wife) | Relationship : None | Marriage 30 September 1977 (Second marriage Martha Ruggles Bernhard) | Work : None | Prize 12 April 1982 (Pulitzer Prize) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 2000 (Novel "Gertrude and Claudius.") | : None | Death by Disease 27 January 2009 (Of lung cancer, age 76) | Traits : Personality | Perfectionist | Diagnoses : Major Diseases | Cancer | Diagnoses : Body Part Problems | Skin (Psoriasis) | Diagnoses : Psychological | Stutter, Tics (Stuttered as a kid) | Family : Relationship | Marriage more than 15 Yrs (First marriage 23 years) | Family : Relationship | Number of Marriages (Two) | Family : Parenting | Foster, Step, or Adopted Kids (Three stepsons) | Family : Parenting | Kids more than 3 (Four) | Personal : Death | Illness/ Disease | Vocation : Writers | Fiction (Novelist, short stories) | Vocation : Writers | Magazine/ newsletter (The New Yorker) | Notable : Awards | Pulitzer prize | Notable : Awards | Vocational award (Ntnl. Book Award) | Notable : Famous | Top 5% of Profession