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Philip Roth

1933 - 2018

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Philip Milton Roth (; March 19, 1933 – May 22, 2018) 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 American identity. He first gained attention with the 1959 short story collection Goodbye, Columbus, which won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. Ten years later, he published the bestseller Portnoy's Complaint. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philip Roth is the 451st most popular writer (down from 428th in 2019), the 553rd most popular biography from United States (down from 406th in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Writer.

Philip Roth is most famous for his novel Portnoy's Complaint, which is about a Jewish man who is sexually frustrated and has an obsession with his mother.

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Among writers, Philip Roth ranks 451 out of 7,302. Before him are Jim Corbett, Raymond Chandler, Athenaeus, Henry James, Philip Larkin, and Thomas De Quincey. After him are Demetrius Vikelas, Jo Nesbø, Carl Spitteler, Louis Aragon, Marguerite Yourcenar, and Gabriela Mistral.

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Among people born in 1933, Philip Roth ranks 26. Before him are Nina Simone, Arno Allan Penzias, Susan Sontag, Amartya Sen, Paul Biya, and Paul J. Crutzen. After him are Elinor Ostrom, Krzysztof Penderecki, Corazon Aquino, Mako, Richard R. Ernst, and Fouad Mebazaa. Among people deceased in 2018, Philip Roth ranks 24. Before him are Amos Oz, Isao Takahata, Riccardo Giacconi, John McCain, Stephen Hillenburg, and Jean-Louis Tauran. After him are France Gall, Jens Christian Skou, Lys Assia, Richard E. Taylor, Burton Richter, and Günter Blobel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Philip Roth ranks 553 out of 20,380. Before him are John Malkovich (1953), Raymond Chandler (1888), Robert Fulton (1765), Henry James (1843), Frances Cleveland (1864), and Ted Kaczynski (1942). After him are Steve Wozniak (1950), Pontiac (1714), Dick Cheney (1941), Herbert A. Hauptman (1917), Michael Clarke Duncan (1957), and Charles M. Schulz (1922).

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Among writers born in United States, Philip Roth ranks 50. Before him are Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809), James Fenimore Cooper (1789), Jack Kerouac (1922), Gertrude Stein (1874), Raymond Chandler (1888), and Henry James (1843). After him are Dan Brown (1964), Harper Lee (1926), Eugene O'Neill (1888), Louise Glück (1943), Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804), and William S. Burroughs (1914).

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