John updike aka haife shi a Pennsylvania, Amurka a 1932.
Idan yakamata ku bayyana aikinsa da jumla, za'a iya cewa babban fresco ne na ajin tsakiyar Amurka.
Bugawa halarci mashahuri Jami'ar Harvard inda ya kammala a fannin Adabi a shekarar 1954. A wancan lokacin ya fara hada kai da mujallar adabi mai martaba, (watakila ita ce mujallar adabi mafi shahara) New Yorker; kuma daga nan har zuwa yau ya ci gaba da haɗin gwiwa tare da suka da makaloli a cikin wannan ɗab'in.
Littafinsa na farko ya bayyana a cikin 1958 kuma, abin mamaki, tarin waƙoƙi ne, yayin da mafi yawan ayyukan da ya yi daga baya sun kasance gajerun labarai da litattafai.
Bugawa Mutum ne mai dabara da ladabi, yana rubuce-rubuce a kowace rana kuma yana bugawa (ko ƙoƙarin bugawa) littafi guda a kowace shekara, samarwarsa ya kusan juzu'i hamsin.
Amma litattafan da ya fi nasara sune wadanda suka fara a 1960 tare da littafin Gudu zomo kuma sun ci gaba tare da ƙarin ƙarin abubuwa da yawa waɗanda ke da halayyar Harry Rabbit Angstrom kamar yadda protagonist.
Zomo yana da arziki a 1980, kuma Zomo ya huta a 1990 suka kammala trilogy, kuma suka ci lambar yabo biyu Danshi. Amma ban da Danshi, Bugawa Ya ci wasu manyan kyaututtuka da suka hada da National Book Critics Circle Award, da PEN-Faulkner Award na Almara, da kuma Rea Award na Gajeren Labari.
Idan akwai wani abu gama gari wanda duk littattafan Bugawa shi ne cewa a cikin su an yi karatun ta-natsu game da masu matsakaiciyar Arewacin Amurka. (Wancan matsakaicin aji wanda ke cinye nishaɗin banza amma kuma yana cinye (kuma yana haifar da) abubuwan ban sha'awa kamar su Blues, John coltrane, Frank Sinatra, Faulkner o Sam Shepard).
Kallon Bugawa game da waɗannan halittu yana gudana tsakanin zargi mai ban tsoro da kyakkyawan fata na mutum a kan titi, game da gwagwarmayarsa ta yau da kullun, aikinsa, danginsa, matarsa, yaransa, addini, jima'i ...
Kamar yadda muka ce, John updike Ya kasance marubuci marubuci mai yawan gaske, amma ga wannan halayyar dole ne a ƙara masa kyakkyawar ƙimar da ke ɗorewa tsawon lokacin ayyukansa. Abin da ya bambanta Bugawa Ba su da maki biyu ko uku (jerin Rabbit) na aikinsa, amma jerin littattafai masu tsayi, duka tare da ingantaccen adabi.
Daga wannan dogon jerin ayyukan da zamu iya ambata Makarantar Kiɗa, The Centaur, Littafin Bech, Itace mai Aikin itace, Baƙin yluman Gudun Hijira, Ma'aurata, Dawowar Zomo, Juyin Juya Hali, Zuwa Ga Gaɓa, Bokayen Eastwick, Roger's Version, Kyawun lili y Golf mafarki, da sauransu.
Duk ayyukansa suna motsawa a fagen hakikanci, wanda ba abin mamaki bane kasancewar marubucin Ba'amurke (ɗayan zaɓi shine ta'addanci).
Rayuwarsa ta sirri ta kasance cikin nutsuwa da rashin damuwa: ya yi aure sau biyu kuma yana da yara huɗu.
Ana kiran littafin da ya buga na ƙarshe 'Yan ta'adda, littafi ne da ke bayani kan batun hare-haren ta'addanci daga mahangar wani saurayi Balarabe haifaffen ciki Amurka.
John updike Yana da shekaru 76, kuma ya ci gaba da rubuta ...