In Memoriam: John Updike (1932-2009)
John Updike, a leading writer of his generation whose descriptive and lyrical prose chronicled the drama of postwar small-town American life, died on Tuesday, January 27 at the age of 76.
He released more than 50 books with Alfred A. Knopf, including collections of short stories, poems, essays, and criticism in a prolific career that started in the 1950s. His novels have won almost every literary prize including two Pulitzer Prizes for Rabbit Is Rich and Rabbit at Rest, and two National Book Awards. His final collection of stories, My Father's Tears and Other Stories, will be published by the Knopf-Doubleday Group in June 2009 and The Maples Stories, a re-issue published by Everyman's Library, will be available in August 2009.
For a list of titles by John Updike, click here.
Our 2008 National Book Critics Circle Finalists
Eight Random House, Inc. titles have been selected as finalists by the members of the National Book Critics Circle for their 2008 annual awards:
Nonfiction
The Forever War by Dexter Filkins (Knopf)
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust (Knopf)
The Dark Side by Jane Mayer (Doubleday)
Fiction
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (Random House)
Biography
The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul by Patrick. French (Knopf)
White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson & Thomas Wentworth Higginson by Brenda Wineapple (Knopf)
Autobiography
The Eaves Of Heaven by Andrew X. Pham (Harmony Books)
Criticism
Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization's Greatest Minds by Joel L. Kraemer (Doubleday)
Every year the NBCC presents awards for the finest books and reviews published in English. Click here for a list of current and past winners and finalists.
Subscribe via RSS 
News Archive by Month:
April 2013
March 2013
February 2013
January 2013
November 2012
October 2012
September 2012
August 2012
July 2012
June 2012
May 2012
April 2012
March 2012
February 2012
January 2012
December 2011
November 2011
October 2011
September 2011
August 2011
July 2011
June 2011
May 2011
April 2011
March 2011
February 2011
January 2011
December 2010
November 2010
October 2010
September 2010
August 2010
July 2010
May 2010
April 2010
March 2010
February 2010
January 2010
December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
September 2009
August 2009
July 2009
June 2009
May 2009
April 2009
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009
December 2008
November 2008
October 2008
September 2008
July 2008
May 2008
April 2008
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007
April 2007
March 2007
February 2007
January 2007
December 2006
November 2006
October 2006
September 2006
July 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
