The AP is reporting that multiple Pulitzer Prize winning author John Updike passed away today. Here is the write-up at the San Francisco Chronicle.
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John Updike’s conventional wisdom seems to have affected a lot of people — I see little quotes of his all over
While I can’t say I’ve scoured the net, I’m a bit pleased by what seems to be very positive comments. Often times you see the most hateful things said about people when they pass (which I know is opposite from what most people think) on the net.
The guy is an unquestioned giant and I think Sarah Weinman said something on twitter that’s so true and probably reserved for a literally half dozen in this field (paraphrasing): He’s so big that even people that weren’t inclined to him, have to give him his respect. When you think about authors like that right now – particularly American writers – there aren’t really many of those. Pynchon comes to mind, so does Salinger, but the list doesn’t go much beyond those guys who are kind of living icons.