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| − | '''Philip Roth''' (1933 - ) is an American [[writer]] of Jewish ancestry. He has been awarded several times and is considered one of the most honored authors of his generation; Roth has been awarded twice by the National Book Award, twice by the National Book Critics Circle award, and three times by the PEN/Faulkner Award; he has also received a [[Pulitzer Prize]], and in 2012 the Prince of Asturias prize for literature. | + | '''Philip Roth''' (March 19, 1933 – May 22, 2018) was an American [[writer]] of Jewish ancestry. He is considered one of the foremost authors of his generation. |
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| | + | Roth's most famous character is Nathan Zuckerman, his ''alter ego''. With an ingenious and scathing style, he made indiscreet explorations of American and [[Jewish]] identity. |
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| − | The Prince of Asturias Prize organizers said Wednesday Roth's narrative work forms "part of the great American novel, in the tradition of Dos Passos, [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]], [[Ernest Hemingway]], [[William Faulkner]], Saul Bellow and Bernard Malamud." [http://www.eitb.com/en/news/entertainment/detail/900803/prince-asturias--philip-roth-wins-asturias-prize-literature/] | + | The Prince of Asturias Prize organizers said Roth's [[narrative]] work forms "part of the great American novel, in the tradition of Dos Passos, [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]], [[Ernest Hemingway]], [[William Faulkner]], [[Saul Bellow]] and [[Bernard Malamud]]." [http://www.eitb.com/en/news/entertainment/detail/900803/prince-asturias--philip-roth-wins-asturias-prize-literature/] |
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| − | == Books == | + | ==Honors and Awards== |
| − | Some if his books include:
| + | * [[National Book Award]] (1960, 1995) |
| | + | * National Book Critics Circle Award (1986, 1991) |
| | + | * PEN/Faulkner Award (1994, 2001, 2007) |
| | + | * [[Pulitzer Prize]] (1998) |
| | + | * National Medal of Arts (1998) |
| | + | * Franz Kafka Prize (2001) |
| | + | * Gold Medal in Fiction, [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]] (2001) |
| | + | * Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation (2002) |
| | + | * PEN/Nabokov Award for Lifetime Achievement (2006) |
| | + | * PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction (2008) |
| | + | * Man Booker International Prize (2011) |
| | + | * Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction (2012) |
| | + | * Prince of Asturias Award for literature (2012) |
| | + | * Commander of the Legion of Honor of the Republic of France (2013) |
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| | + | == Selected Bibliography == |
| | * ''Goodbye, Columbus'' (1959) | | * ''Goodbye, Columbus'' (1959) |
| | * ''Letting Go'' (1962) | | * ''Letting Go'' (1962) |
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