Roth, Philip

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Birth 1933-03-19
Americans
English

Biographical notes:

Author. Full name: Philip Milton Roth. Born 1933.

From the description of Philip Roth papers, 1938-2001 (bulk 1960-1999). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982313

Philip Roth is a popular and critically acclaimed American novelist. His observations on the Jewish experience in America, as depicted in such works as Goodbye, Columbus, and Portnoy's Complaint, show inventiveness and a singular sense of humor. Some observers find his works unnecessarily scatalogical and self-indulgent, others as an honest portrayal of the author's experiences and observations. One of the guiding themes in his work is a search for a personal and cultural identity.

From the description of Philip Roth letters and essays, 1952-1986. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 57659876

Biographical Note

1933, Mar. 19 Born, Newark, N.J. 1950 1951 Attended Rutgers University, Newark, N.J. 1951 1954 Completed B.A. in English, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa. Founding editor and contributor, campus literary magazine Et Cetera 1954 Published first story, “The Day It Snowed,” in Chicago Review 1955 M.A. in English, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 1955 1956 Served in United States army. Received medical discharge 1956 1958 Instructor, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 1959 Married Margaret Martinson Williams (died 1968) Published Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. Winner of National Book Award and Daroff Award of the Jewish Book Council of America 1960 1962 Visiting lecturer, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 1962 1964 Writer-in-residence, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 1963 1972 Annual summer visits to Yaddo Artist's Colony, Sarasota Springs, N.Y. 1965 1980 Adjunct professor of English, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 1969 Published Portnoy's Complaint. New York: Random House 1973 Published The Great American Novel. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston 1974 1989 Founder and general editor, Penguin Books series Writers from the Other Europe 1979 Published The Ghost Writer. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Initial work in the Zuckerman trilogy followed by Zuckerman Unbound (1981) and The Anatomy Lesson (1983) 1986 Published The Counterlife. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Received National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction and National Jewish Book Award for Fiction of the Jewish Book Council 1990 Married Claire Bloom (divorced 1994) 1991 Published Patrimony: A True Story. New York: Simon and Schuster. Winner of National Book Critics Circle Award 1993 Published Operation Shylock: A Confession. New York: Simon and Schuster. Won PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction 1997 Published American Pastoral. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. Awarded Pulitzer Prize for fiction 2000 Published The Human Stain. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. Received W. H. Smith Literary Award and other honors 2001 Received Gold Medal for Fiction, American Academy of Arts and Letters Published The Dying Animal and Shop Talk. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co. 2002 Awarded Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, National Book Foundation 2004 Published The Plot against America. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co.

From the guide to the Philip Roth Papers, 1938-2001, (bulk 1960-1999), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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  • Artist colonies
  • Artist colonies
  • Authors, European
  • Jews
  • Jews
  • Male authors, American
  • Middle aged men
  • Psychological fiction
  • Artist colonies
  • Jews

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  • New York (State)--Saratoga Springs (as recorded)
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