[DOC] [TLE] The Centaur - Wikipedia [PAR] The Centaur is a novel by John Updike, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1963. It 
won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. ... He feels put upon by the school's 
principal, and he views his students as hapless and ... 1964, Succeeded by [DOC] [TLE] John Updike Author Study Guide, The - National Book Foundation [PAR] ... the National Book Award for Fiction -- for his novels The Centaur (1964) and 
Rabbit ... He then studied painting at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Arts 
at ... who won't hold still, who won't make a commitment, who won't quite pull his... [DOC] [TLE] National Book Foundation, Presenter of National Book Awards [PAR] Read John Updike's Acceptance Speech for the 1964 National Book Award for 
Fiction for. The Centaur ... John Updike has now published 49 books of fiction, 
nonfiction, poetry, and young people's literature, ... In 1959, he also published 
The Poorhouse Fair, the first of his 17 novels to date and a book that introduced 
the... [DOC] [TLE] NBA Winners by Category, 1950 - 2015, National Book Foundation ... [PAR] National Book Award Winners: 1950  2015 (alpha by category) ... 1969: The 
Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History by Norman Mailer ... 
1964: The Centaur by John Updike ... 1994: A Frolic of His Own by William 
Gaddis [DOC] [TLE] National Book Award winners, part 17: 1964's The Centaur, by John ... [PAR] Dec 19, 2013 ... In 1964, John Updike won the National Book Award for The Centaur. He beat out 
Thomas Pynchon, Bernard Malamud (I reviewed him here), Mary ... But the Greek 
myths in his novel distract from the significance of his... [DOC] [TLE] Summary - IRCLS [PAR] After returning from England in 1955, he worked for two years on the staff of The 
New Yorker. ... The Centaur (1963) is a subtle, complicated allegorical novel that 
won Updike the National Book Award in 1964. ... His novels have won the 
Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, & 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Random House for High School Teachers | Catalog | The Centaur ... [PAR] A Novel Written by John Updike The Centaur Category: Fiction - Literary; Fiction 
... WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR 
LIVRE ... wounded yet unable to die, gave up his immortality on behalf of 
Prometheus. ... He graduated from Harvard College in 1954 and spent a year in 
Oxford,... [DOC] [TLE] Remembering John Updike, Literary Legend : NPR [PAR] Jan 28, 2009 ... He also received the National Book Award in 1964 for his novel The Centaur, 
which follows a depressed school teacher and his anxious son in... [DOC] [TLE] Pulitzer Prizes Omitted in Drama, Fiction, Music - The New York Times [PAR] May 5, 1964 ... Professor Hofstadter won the 1956 Pulitzer prize in history for his 
book "The Age of Reform." ... and he offered the nomination of a novel, "And Then 
We Heard the Thunder," by John O. Killens. ... The National Book Committee 
gave its National Book Award in March to John Updike's "The Centaur" after its... [DOC] [TLE] National Book Award Winners | Bookshare [PAR] He is a 'born recruit', easily influenced by others who try to mould his destiny. ... 
The National Book Award-winning novel by the writer whom Fran Lebowitz ... of 
the Northwest poet's work up until 1958, which won the National Book Award ... 
1964 ... AWARD AND THE PRIX DU MEILLEUR LIVRE TRANGER The Centaur 
is... [DOC] [TLE] John Updike, prize-winning writer, dead at age 76 - LA Times [PAR] Jan 28, 2009 ... Among many other literary awards, Updike won Pulitzer Prizes for .... Updike's 
third novel, "The Centaur" (1963), which won a National Book Award, ... When he 
started his Bech stories in 1964, that list included Bernard... [DOC] [TLE] National Book Award

Question: In 1964 he won a National Book Award for his novel "The Centaur"
Answer: John Updike