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Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Philip Roth dies aged 85


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Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Philip Roth dies aged 85

By EMMY GRIFFITHS

 

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American author Philip Roth has sadly passed away aged 85. According to his literary agent, Andrew Wylie, the Pulitzer Prize winning author died in a New York City hospital of congestive heart failure on Tuesday.

 

Philip was best known for his satirical writings, and was the author of over 25 books including The Human Stain, American Pastoral and Portnoy's Complaint.

 

Philip's admirers took to Twitter to pay tribute to him, with one person writing: "When a great writer dies, even one who you have stopped reading, it feels like part of your youth has passed.

 

You never forget the gratitude you felt at discovery and the feeling they changed you a little.

 

Full Story: https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2018052348848/philip-roth-dies-aged-85/

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