Philip Roth
AmericanLiterary FictionContemporary FictionBiographyb. 1933 — d. 2018
Philip Milton Roth was a highly acclaimed American novelist and short-story writer, known for his intensely autobiographical fiction, satirical wit, and explorations of Jewish-American identity, sexuality, and mortality. A prolific author, he gained early fame with the 1959 collection 'Goodbye, Columbus' and remained a central figure in 20th and 21st-century literature until his retirement in 2012.
Awards
['National Book Award', 'Pulitzer Prize', 'PEN/Faulkner Award', 'National Book Critics Circle Award', 'Franz Kafka Prize', 'National Medal of Arts', 'Man Booker International Prize']
Notable Works
['Goodbye, Columbus', "Portnoy's Complaint", 'American Pastoral', 'The Human Stain', 'The Plot Against America', "Sabbath's Theater", 'The Ghost Writer']
