Philip Roth

Philip Roth (1933–2018) was an American novelist and short-story writer born in Newark, New Jersey. He gained early acclaim with *Goodbye, Columbus* (1959), which won the National Book Award. Roth became widely known for the provocative bestseller *Portnoy’s Complaint* (1969). His later fiction examined American identity, history, and private life, notably in *American Pastoral* (1997), *I Married a Communist* (1998), and *The Human Stain* (2000), sometimes grouped as the “American Trilogy.” He received major honors including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for *American Pastoral* and multiple National Book Awards. Roth died in New York City.