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Learn about the life and works of Philip Roth, one of the most honored and influential American writers of his generation. Explore his autobiographical fiction, his literary alter ego Nathan Zuckerman, and his themes of identity, sexuality, and politics.
6 days ago · Philip Roth was an American novelist and short-story writer who explored Jewish identity, sexuality, and mortality in his works. He won several prestigious awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the PEN/Faulkner Award, and the Man Booker International Prize.
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May 22, 2018 · Philip Roth, the prolific, protean, and often blackly comic novelist who was a pre-eminent figure in 20th-century literature, died on Tuesday night at a hospital in Manhattan. He was 85.
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- March 19, 1933
- American Pastoral.
- Portnoy’s Complaint.
- The Plot Against America.
- The Human Stain (The American Trilogy, #3)
Apr 19, 2021 · The Roth biography contains everything you’d ever want or need to know about Philip Roth, but it doesn’t contain his most crucial aspect: his writing.
May 22, 2018 · Philip Roth, the American literary icon whose novel “American Pastoral” won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, in 1998, has died, at the age of eighty-five, according to friends close to him.
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Roth was a fearless and provocative writer who explored sex, death, assimilation and fate in more than 25 books. He won multiple awards, but also faced criticism and controversy for his portrayals of Jews and women.
