John Simmons Barth was an American writer best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. His most highly regarded and influential works were published in the 1960s, and include The Sot-Weed ... Wikipedia
Born: 1930, Cambridge, MD
Died: April 2, 2024 (age 93 years), Bonita Springs, FL
Influenced by: Jorge Luis Borges, Vladimir Nabokov, Italo Calvino, and more
Siblings: Jill Barth
Education: Juilliard School; Johns Hopkins University (BA, MA)
Genre: Postmodernism; metafiction
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