Philip Roth

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essayist human novelist short story writer writer

Philip Roth was a prominent American novelist known for his incisive, often controversial explorations of Jewish-American identity, sexuality, and modern life in works such as "Portnoy’s Complaint" and the "Zuckerman" series.

Aliases (1)

Philip Milton Roth ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	essayist → human → novelist → short story writer → writer →
awardReceived	International Booker Prize → surface form: "Man Booker International Prize" National Book Award for Fiction → National Book Critics Circle Award → PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction → Pulitzer Prize for Fiction →
causeOfDeath	congestive heart failure →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1933-03-19 →
dateOfDeath	2018-05-22 →
educatedAt	Bucknell University → University of Chicago →
employer	Hunter College → Princeton University → University of Pennsylvania →
ethnicGroup	Jewish American →
familyName	Roth →
fullName	Philip Roth → surface form: "Philip Milton Roth"
genre	autofiction → literary fiction → satire →
givenName	Philip →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	postmodern literature →
notableSeries	Roth's American Trilogy → Zuckerman novels →
notableWork	American Pastoral → Everyman → Goodbye, Columbus → I Married a Communist → Indignation → My Life as a Man → Nemesis → Operation Shylock → Portnoy's Complaint (film) → surface form: "Portnoy's Complaint" Sabbath's Theater → The Anatomy Lesson → The Counterlife → The Dying Animal → The Ghost Writer → The Human Stain → The Plot Against America → The Prague Orgy → Zuckerman Unbound →
occupation	novelist → university teacher →
placeOfBirth	Newark, New Jersey, United States →
placeOfDeath	New York City → surface form: "New York City, New York, United States"
religion	Judaism →
residence	Connecticut → surface form: "Connecticut, United States" New York City → surface form: "New York City, New York, United States"
sexOrGender	male →

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PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction → firstRecipient → Philip Roth →

Philip Roth → fullName → Philip Roth →

this entity surface form: "Philip Milton Roth"

Jewish American literature → hasNotableAuthor → Philip Roth →

Westchester Hills Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Philip Roth →

William Dean Howells Medal → hasRecipient → Philip Roth →

Blake Bailey → hasWrittenAbout → Philip Roth →

Franz Kafka Prize → notableLaureate → Philip Roth →

Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction → notableRecipient → Philip Roth →

National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters → notableRecipient → Philip Roth →

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction → notableRecipient → Philip Roth →

National Book Award for Fiction → notableWinner → Philip Roth →

Claire Bloom → spouse → Philip Roth →