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Henry Roth

1906 - 1995

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Henry Roth (February 8, 1906 – October 13, 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer who found success later in life after his 1934 novel Call It Sleep was reissued in paperback in 1964. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Roth is the 5,275th most popular writer (up from 5,402nd in 2019), the 808th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 837th in 2019) and the 117th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Henry Roth ranks 5,275 out of 7,302Before him are August Jakobson, Viktoriya Tokareva, Hans Christian Branner, José Luandino Vieira, Leyla Erbil, and Kitamura Tokoku. After him are John Hersey, Mihály Csokonai, Aubrey de Grey, Elizabeth Hawley, Mahadev Desai, and Jack Canfield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Henry Roth ranks 332Before him are Erna Bogen-Bogáti, Bengt Edlén, Gustav Schäfer, Márton Homonnai, Alberto Denegri, and Márcio Melo. After him are Ludwig Lachmann, Sara Ashurbeyli, Paul Winter, Benjamin Mazar, Franco Comotti, and Jean Amrouche. Among people deceased in 1995, Henry Roth ranks 256Before him are Maino Neri, Butterfly McQueen, Sergei Grinkov, Fabio Casartelli, Katherine DeMille, and Giovanni Giacomazzi. After him are Michael Hordern, Severino Varela, George Rodger, Sabir Yunusov, Prawitz Öberg, and David Wayne.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Henry Roth ranks 808 out of 1,365Before him are Semyon Ignatyev (1904), Pyotr Konchalovsky (1876), Konstantin Lopushansky (1947), Andriy Bal (1958), Stanisław Zaremba (1863), and Oleksiy Fedorov (1901). After him are Isaak Khalatnikov (1919), Vasyl Rats (1961), Mykola Rudenko (1920), Vladimir Bogoraz (1865), Kira Zvorykina (1919), and Mark Aldanov (1886).

Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Henry Roth ranks 117Before him are Eduard Bagritsky (1895), Yuriy Fedkovych (1834), Vasily Yan (1874), Mykhaylo Semenko (1892), Yurii Andrukhovych (1960), and Valerian Pidmohylny (1901). After him are Mark Aldanov (1886), Ivan Kavaleridze (1887), Ariel Durant (1898), Iryna Vilde (1907), Zośka Vieras (1892), and Boris Lavrenyov (1891).