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Philip Roth wins Man Booker Prize

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America’s most decorated living novelist, Philip Roth, on Wednesday won the fourth Man Booker International Prize, beating off competition from 12 other authors for the USD 97,500 award. The prize was first presented in 2005, and is given every two years for a body of work that was written either originally in English or is widely available in English translation. The 78-yearold Roth, who could not travel to Sydney to receive the accolade because of back problems, said it was a great honour to be recognised.

“One of the particular pleasures I’ve had as a writer is to have my work read internationally despite all the heartaches of translation that that entails,” the Connecticut-based author said in a statement. “I hope the prize will bring me to the attention of readers around the world who are not familiar with my work. This is a great honour and I’m delighted to receive it.” Roth is one of the world’s most prolific writers, and his acerbically humorous studies of Jewish-American identity have won adulation from critics and readers alike. He is best known for his 1969 novel “Portnoy’s Complaint”.

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Courtesy: The Times of India
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