Philip Roth
American novelist (1933-2018)
Philip Milton Roth (March 19, 1933 – May 22, 2018) was an American novelist from Newark, New Jersey. His books include Goodbye, Columbus and The Human Stain.
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Roth has won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the National Book Award, and several other awards. He studied at the University of Chicago.
Roth died at a Manhattan hospital of congestive heart failure on May 22, 2018 at the age of 85.[1]
References
change- ↑ "Philip Roth, Towering Novelist Who Explored Lust, Jewish Life and America, Dies at 85". The New York Times. May 22, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2018.