Philip Roth
American novelist and short story writer
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 ... Wikipedia
Born: March 19, 1933, Newark, NJ
Died: May 22, 2018 (age 85 years), Manhattan, New York, NY
Spouse: Claire Bloom (m. 1990–1995) and Margaret Martinson (m. 1959–1963)
Influenced by: Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, and Alessandro Piperno
Parents: Herman Roth and Bess Roth
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