Editing John Updike (section)

===1960s–1970s===
Later, Updike and his family relocated to [[Ipswich, Massachusetts]]. Many commentators, including a columnist in the local ''Ipswich Chronicle'', asserted that the fictional town of Tarbox in ''[[Couples (novel)|Couples]]'' was based on Ipswich. Updike denied the suggestion in a letter to the paper.<ref>''The Ipswich Chronicle''. April 25, 1968. Letter: "Updike 'flatly denies' that Tarbox is Ipswich."</ref> Impressions of Updike's day-to-day life in Ipswich during the 1960s and 1970s are included in a letter to the same paper published soon after Updike's death and written by a friend and contemporary.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/ipswich/news/opinions/letters/x545177024/LETTER-John-Updike-the-Ipswich-Connection |title=John Updike: The Ipswich Connection |work=The Ipswich Chronicle |date=February 9, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111132106/http://www.wickedlocal.com/ipswich/news/opinions/letters/x545177024/LETTER-John-Updike-the-Ipswich-Connection |archive-date=November 11, 2012 }}</ref> In Ipswich, Updike wrote ''[[Rabbit, Run]]'' (1960), on a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]], and ''[[The Centaur]]'' (1963), two of his most acclaimed and famous works; the latter won the [[National Book Award]].<ref name=nba1964/>

''Rabbit, Run'' featured [[Rabbit Angstrom|Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom]], a former high school [[basketball]] star and middle-class paragon who would become Updike's most enduring and critically acclaimed character. Updike wrote three additional novels about him. ''Rabbit, Run'' was featured in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'}}s All-TIME 100 Greatest Novels.<ref>[https://entertainment.time.com/2005/10/16/all-time-100-novels/slide/all/ All-Time 100 Novels]</ref>