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Who influenced John Updike?

  • Vladimir Nabokov

    Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)

    Influenced 43

    Influenced by 0

  • Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    Russian novelist (1821–1881)

    Influenced 37

    Influenced by 18

  • William Shakespeare

    English playwright and poet (1564–1616)

    Influenced 33

    Influenced by 6

  • Arthur Schopenhauer

    German philosopher (1788–1860)

    Influenced 28

    Influenced by 6

  • Franz Kafka

    Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)

    Influenced 28

    Influenced by 3

  • James Joyce

    Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)

    Influenced 27

    Influenced by 1

  • Søren Kierkegaard

    Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)

    Influenced 27

    Influenced by 10

  • Henry James

    American and British writer (1843–1916)

    Influenced 23

    Influenced by 2

  • Ernest Hemingway

    American author and journalist (1899–1961)

    Influenced 18

    Influenced by 2

  • Marcel Proust

    French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)

    Influenced 18

    Influenced by 0

  • Alice Munro

    Canadian writer (1931–2024)

    Influenced 11

    Influenced by 1

  • Italo Calvino

    Italian journalist and writer (1923-1985)

    Influenced 11

    Influenced by 3

  • Herman Melville

    American writer and poet (1819–1891)

    Influenced 7

    Influenced by 0

  • J. D. Salinger

    American author (1919–2010)

    Influenced 6

    Influenced by 0

  • Karl Barth

    Swiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968)

    Influenced 4

    Influenced by 7

  • James Thurber

    American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright (1894–1961)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 0

  • John Cheever

    American novelist and short story writer (1912-1982)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 0

  • Nathaniel Hawthorne

    American author (1804–1864)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 0

  • Roger Angell

    American essayist

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 0

  • Henry Green

    English novelist (1905-1973)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

  • John Barth

    American writer (1930–2024)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

  • Truman Capote

    American author (1924-1984)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

Who was influenced by John Updike?

  • Alice Munro

    Canadian writer (1931–2024)

    Influenced 11

    Influenced by 1

  • Philip Roth

    American novelist (1933-2018)

    Influenced 6

    Influenced by 30

  • George Saunders

    American writer (born 1958)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 1

  • Ann Beattie

    Short story writer, novelist, professor

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 1

  • Jonathan Lethem

    American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Roy E. Disney Chair in Creative Writing, Pomona College

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 26

  • Julian Barnes

    English writer

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 7

  • Ceridwen Dovey

    South African-Australian writer and anthropologist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • David Albahar

    Serbian writer (1948-2023)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Emily M. Danforth

    US novelist, professor

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Gerbrand Bakker

    Dutch writer (b. 1962)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Ian McEwan

    British author

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 5

  • Joseph O'Neill

    Irish poet

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Lloyd Kropp

    American novelist and composer

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Nestan Kvinikadze

    Georgian writer

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Sandra Novack

    American writer

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • T.L. Orcutt

    American writer

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Todd James Pierce

    American writer

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1