David Mitchell (author) vs. John Updike

Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers

David Mitchell (author)

1969 – present

Literature

Ireland

David Stephen Mitchell is an English novelist, screenwriter, and translator.

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"But it's been done a hundred times before!" -- As if there could be anything not done a hundred thousand times between Aristophanes and Andrew Void Webber! As i…"

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John Updike

1932 – 2009

Literature

United States

modernist literature

John Updike (1932–2009) was an American novelist, poet, and literary critic best known for his 'Rabbit' series of novels and his detailed portrayals of mid‑20th‑century American life. He won multiple awards including two Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction.

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"It is easy to love people in memory the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you."

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