Final answer:
John Updike has won the most Pulitzer Prizes among the listed authors, with two prizes to his name for 'Rabbit Is Rich' and 'Rabbit at Rest'.So, option b William Faulkner is correct answer.
Step-by-step explanation:
Among the authors listed, John Updike has won the most Pulitzer Prizes. John Updike was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction twice, once for "Rabbit Is Rich" in 1982 and again for "Rabbit at Rest" in 1991. Both novels are part of his famed Rabbit series. In contrast, Ernest Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize once for "The Old Man and The Sea" in 1953, and William Faulkner was also a single Pulitzer Prize winner for "A Fable" in 1955. Toni Morrison received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988 for her novel "Beloved". Therefore, the correct answer to the question is d) John Updike.