Philip Roth

Author Philip Roth, who was both hailed and derided for laying bare the neuroses and obsessions that haunted the modern Jewish-American experience, died on Tuesday at the age of 85.

American novelist James Salter, who long laboured with the dubious honour of being "the greatest writer you've never read", has died aged 90.

Calling him the "most decorated living American writer," a panel named Philip Roth the winner of the Man Booker International Prize on Wednesday, an honor awarded every two years to an author for extraordinary work in fiction. The decision prompted one of the judges to withdraw from the panel.Mr. Roth, who has written dozens of novels including "Go...

Philip Roth has won the Man Booker International Prize recognizing a novelist's body of work.The American author whose career spans 50 years and includes a Pulitzer Prize in 1998 and the controversial novel "Portnoy's Complaint" was awarded the $100,000 prize on Wednesday in Sydney.The Man Booker International Prize is awarded every two years to a ...

Author Philip Roth, who was both hailed and derided for laying bare the neuroses and obsessions that haunted the modern Jewish-American experience, died on Tuesday at the age of 85.

American novelist James Salter, who long laboured with the dubious honour of being "the greatest writer you've never read", has died aged 90.

Calling him the "most decorated living American writer," a panel named Philip Roth the winner of the Man Booker International Prize on Wednesday, an honor awarded every two years to an author for extraordinary work in fiction. The decision prompted one of the judges to withdraw from the panel.Mr. Roth, who has written dozens of novels including "Go...

Philip Roth has won the Man Booker International Prize recognizing a novelist's body of work.The American author whose career spans 50 years and includes a Pulitzer Prize in 1998 and the controversial novel "Portnoy's Complaint" was awarded the $100,000 prize on Wednesday in Sydney.The Man Booker International Prize is awarded every two years to a ...