A report on Philip Roth
American novelist and short story writer.
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Nathan Zuckerman
13 linksNathan Zuckerman is a fictional character created by the writer Philip Roth, who uses him as his protagonist and narrator, a type of alter ego, in many of his novels.
The Plot Against America
6 linksThe Plot Against America is a novel by Philip Roth published in 2004.
National Book Award for Fiction
3 linksOne of five annual National Book Awards, which recognize outstanding literary work by United States citizens.
One of five annual National Book Awards, which recognize outstanding literary work by United States citizens.
Authors who have won the award more than once include such noted figures as William Faulkner, John Updike, William Gaddis, Jesmyn Ward, and Philip Roth, each having won the award on two occasions along with numerous other nominations.
Goodbye, Columbus
3 linksGoodbye, Columbus is a 1959 collection of fiction by the American novelist Philip Roth, comprising the title novella "Goodbye, Columbus"—which first appeared in The Paris Review—and five short stories.
American Pastoral
3 linksAmerican Pastoral is a Philip Roth novel published in 1997 concerning Seymour "Swede" Levov, a successful Jewish American businessman and former high school star athlete from Newark, New Jersey.
Don DeLillo
9 linksAmerican novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter and essayist.
American novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter and essayist.
In a February 21, 2010, interview with The Times, DeLillo reaffirmed his belief in the validity and importance of the novel in a technology- and media-driven age, offering a more optimistic opinion of the future of the novel than his contemporary Philip Roth had done in a recent interview:
Weequahic High School
3 linksFour-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in the Weequahic section of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
Four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in the Weequahic section of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
The Weequahic section of Newark, which is the neighborhood sending students to the high school, was described as it was in the 1930s and early 1940s by Weequahic alumnus Philip Roth in The Plot Against America.
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
4 linksAwarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to the authors of the year's best works of fiction by living American citizens.
Awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to the authors of the year's best works of fiction by living American citizens.
1994 – Philip Roth, Operation Shylock
Weequahic, Newark
4 linksNeighborhood in the city of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
Neighborhood in the city of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
Author Philip Roth grew up on Summit Avenue, graduated from Weequahic High School in 1950, and many of his novels (such as American Pastoral, Nemesis) are set there.