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Philip Roth
Philip Milton Roth was an American novelist and short-story writer. Roth's fiction—often set in his birthplace of Newark, New Jersey—is known for its intensely autobiographical character, for philosophically and formally blurring the distinction between reality and fiction, for its "sensual, ingenious style" and for its provocative explorations of Jewish and American identity. He first gained atte…
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culture · American novelist (1933–2018) · novelist · screenwriter · essayist · science fiction writer · university teacher · writer · poet · also Philip Roth, Philip Milton Roth, Roth
Born 19 March 1933 · Died 22 May 2018 · Q187019
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2026· 10 entries
“s hero Simon Axler, an ageing stage actor who has”
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“s Complaint originated. In early drafts it was”
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“about our aggression, our going out into Newark, three or four of us, wandering the streets at night, shooting crap in back of the high school with flashlights, girls, going after your date to this gathering place called Syd”
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“all these little Jewish kids belting out the Chinese national anthem! The only Chinese we knew was the laundryman.”
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“I dream about John sometimes. He”
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“John had more talent, but I think maybe I got more out of the talent I had.”
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“s personal papers took on new urgency in the wake of Norton”
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“I wished to dazzle in my very own way and to dazzle myself no less than anyone else.”
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The Guardian: Trump’s university ‘compact’ is gone. That doesn’t mean the assault on education is over | Kenneth Roth
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2022· 1 entry
The Guardian: Five Great Reads: quiet Kyoto, bootleg Philip Roth and Bake Off types
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2021· 12 entries
The Guardian: A master of self-promotion: letters reveal how Philip Roth ‘hustled’ for prizes
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The Guardian: Deception review – Arnaud Desplechin’s unbearably twee take on Philip Roth
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The Guardian: Philip Roth, Blake Bailey and publishing in the post-#MeToo era
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The Guardian: Cancelled Philip Roth biography picked up by new publisher amid abuse allegations
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The Guardian: Publisher cancels Philip Roth biography after sexual abuse claims against Blake Bailey
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The Guardian: Philip Roth and Blake Bailey were an all-too-perfect match | Francine Prose
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The Guardian: Publisher halts Philip Roth book amid sexual abuse claims against biographer
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The Guardian: A new biography ‘unveils’ Philip Roth as a misogynist. Tell me something I don’t know | Hadley Freeman
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The Guardian: Philip Roth: The Biography by Blake Bailey review – definitive life of a literary great in thrall to his libido
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The Guardian: Philip Roth by Blake Bailey review – how a literary giant treated women
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The Guardian: Jane Smiley: 'I couldn't finish Philip Roth's American Pastoral. I tossed it'
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The Philip Roth Personal Library opened for public viewing in the Newark Public Library
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2020· 2 entries
Published “Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019” in The Lancet — cited 16,083 times.
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As a six-part series starring Zoe Kazan, Winona Ryder, John Turturro, and Morgan Spector
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2018· 14 entries
Died 2018-05-22.
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“Czy osoba dowolnej płci jest w stanie oczarować nas, jeśli w obcowaniu z nią nie ma podtekstu erotycznego? Jak inaczej można człowieka oczarować? Nijak.”
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“Sobre o candidato republicano à Presidência dos EUA”
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“Praca – są ludzie, którzy łakną pracy, jakiejkolwiek, niechby była ciężka czy niewdzięczna, żeby się pozbyć bólu życia i wygnać z głowy zabójcze myśli.”
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“Nie potrzebuję kazań zawodowych moralistów, a już na pewno nie potrzebuję, żeby mnie pouczał jakiś Bóg.”
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“Jestem Raskolnikowem masturbacji – lepkie dowody winy są wszędzie!”
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“Czy to wielkość człowieka sprawia, że wszyscy tak się fascynują jego ułomnościami?”
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“Odurzający napój antysemityzmu. Wyobrażałem sobie, że to właśnie pili wesoło tego dnia klienci ogródka piwnego; tak jak wszyscy naziści na świecie, wychylali kufel za kuflem antysemityzmu, jakby zażywali uniwersalne remedium.”
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“Opis: o zauroczeniu Nazizmem przez społeczeństwo amerykańskie.”
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“Równość seksualna nie istnieje i istnieć nie może (…) Seks to zawsze powrót w leśny gąszcz. Powrót na trzęsawisko. To ciągła huśtawka dominacji, wieczna nierównowaga.”
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“Ewolucja może obejść się beze mnie.”
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“When the whole world doesn't believe in God, it will be a great place.”
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“The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.”
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“Rozpracowanie niektórych trwa sześć miesięcy. Inni mają dodatkową zaletę: są rozpracowani już na starcie. To ludzie, którzy umieją się tylko poddawać.”
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2014· 2 entries
“this is my last appearance on television, my absolutely last appearance on any stage anywhere.”
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Filmmaker Alex Ross Perry made Listen Up Philip, which was influenced by Roth's work
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2013· 2 entries
Won Emerson-Thoreau Medal (2013).
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His 80th birthday was celebrated in public ceremonies at the Newark Museum
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2012· 3 entries
Awarded Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction (2012).
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Awarded Princess of Asturias Literary Prize (2012).
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Roth received the Prince of Asturias Award for literature
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded International Booker Prize (2011).
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2010· 2 entries
Won National Humanities Medal (2010).
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Awarded New Jersey Hall of Fame (2010).
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2009· 2 entries
Roth's 30th book, The Humbling, was published
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Roth received the German newspaper Die Welt's Welt-Literaturpreis
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2008· 1 entry
"He's scarily devoted to the novelist's craft
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2007· 2 entries
Awarded PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for Everyman (2007).
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Received the PEN/Faulkner award for Everyman, making him the award's only three-time winner
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded PEN/Nabokov Award (2006).
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Published “Raman Spectrum of Graphene and Graphene Layers” in Physical Review Letters — cited 13,840 times.
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2005· 3 entries
Awarded Society of American Historians Prize for Historical Fiction for The Plot Against America (2005).
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And the Society of American Historians' James Fenimore Cooper Prize
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The Library of America began publishing his complete works, making him the second author so anthologized while still living, after Eudora Welty
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Sidewise Award for Alternate History for The Plot Against America (2004).
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2003· 1 entry
Literary critic Harold Bloom named Roth one of the four major American novelists still at work, along with Cormac McCarthy, Thomas Pynchon, and Don DeLillo
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2002· 3 entries
Awarded Prix Médicis étranger for The Human Stain (2002).
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Awarded National Book Award (2002).
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Roth was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
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2001· 8 entries
Awarded PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for The Human Stain (2001).
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Awarded Franz Kafka Prize (2001).
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Awarded Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service (2001).
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Awarded honorary doctorate from Brown University (2001).
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Said, "I'm not good at finding 'encouraging' features in American culture
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The MacDowell Colony awarded Roth the 42nd Edward MacDowell Medal
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The Human Stain was awarded the United Kingdom's WH Smith Literary Award for the best book of the year, as well as France's Prix Médicis Étranger
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Roth received the inaugural Franz Kafka Prize in Prague
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Library of Congress Living Legend (2000).
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1999· 1 entry
Published “A More Accurate Method To Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate from Serum Creatinine: A New Prediction Equation” in Annals of Internal Medicine — cited 12,279 times.
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for American Pastoral (1998).
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1995· 1 entry
Awarded National Book Award for Fiction for Sabbath's Theater (1995).
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1994· 3 entries
Awarded PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for Operation Shylock (1994).
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They divorced in 1994, and Bloom published a 1996 memoir, Leaving a Doll's House, that depicted Roth as a misogynist and control freak.
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And Bloom published a 1996 memoir, Leaving a Doll's House, that depicted Roth as a misogynist and control freak
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1992· 1 entry
Published “Ordered mesoporous molecular sieves synthesized by a liquid-crystal template mechanism” in Nature — cited 14,901 times.
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography for Patrimony: A True Story (1991).
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1990· 1 entry
Roth married his longtime companion, English actress Claire Bloom, with whom he had been living since 1976
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for The Counterlife (1987).
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1973· 1 entry
“baseball, with its lore and legends, its cultural power, its seasonal associations, its native authenticity, its simple rules and transparent strategy, its longueurs and thrills, its spaciousness, its suspensefulness, its heroics, its nuances, its lingo, its”
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1969· 1 entry
Of his fourth and most controversial novel, Portnoy's Complaint, gave Roth widespread commercial and critical success, causing his profile to rise significantly
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1967· 1 entry
Published When She Was Good, set in the WASP Midwest in the 1940s
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1963· 2 entries
And Martinson's subsequent death in a car crash in 1968, left a lasting mark on Roth's literary output
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Their separation in 1963, and Martinson's subsequent death in a car crash in 1968, left a lasting mark on Roth's literary output.
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1960· 1 entry
Awarded National Book Award for Fiction for Goodbye, Columbus (1960).
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1959· 1 entry
Writes Goodbye, Columbus and it's a masterpiece, magnificent
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1956· 3 entries
Roth met Margaret Martinson, who became his first wife in 1959
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To study for a PhD in literature, but dropped out after one term
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Studied at University of Chicago (1956).
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1955· 2 entries
Studied at University of Chicago, Master of Arts (1955).
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And briefly worked as an instructor in the university's writing program
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1954· 1 entry
Studied at Bucknell University, bachelor's degree (1952–1954).
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1952· 1 entry
Studied at Rutgers University (1951–1952).
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1951· 1 entry
During the Korean War, it follows Marcus Messner's departure from Newark to Ohio's Winesburg College, where he begins his sophomore year
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1933· 2 entries
And grew up at 81 Summit Avenue in the Weequahic neighborhood
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Born 1933-03-19.
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