Philip Roth

The Paris Review: Senior New Yorker journalist Emily Stokes to be literary magazine's new editor

The Review was run for decades by founding editor George Plimpton and became known for its in-depth interviews on the writing process and for publishing early works by Philip Roth, Adrienne Rich and many others.

The Plot Against America: Winona Ryder, John Turturro to star in new HBO mini-series from David Simon

Winona Ryder's HBO mini series will imagine an alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family.

VS Naipaul, with his rage and flaws, will be remembered for unflinching honesty, mastery of language

VS Naipaul's was an all-encompassing rage: he raged against half-formed societies; he raged against public defecation; he raged against the colonisers and he raged against the colonised.

Philip Roth: Discovering the quintessential provocateur, from Portnoy's Complaint to I Married A Communist

Like Manto, Philip Roth had the writer's ability to tear every veneer that society glues to its façade

Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist Philip Roth, known for the book American Pastoral, dies at 85

In his illustrious career as a writer, Philip Roth had won numerous accolades including a Pulitzer Prize and Man Booker International Prize to name a few.

Nobel Prize 2016: Chemistry Prize could go to gene-editing, new elements or rechargeable batteries

The Nobel Chemistry Prize is to be announced on Wednesday, with observers suggesting it could go to gene-editing, the invention of the rechargeable battery or the discovery of new periodic elements.

Is Philip Roth done writing? Not really, hints new documentary

Not everyone believes that Philip Roth has written his last book. Among the skeptics: Livia Manera Sambuy, co-director of an upcoming PBS American Masters documentary about the prize-winning novelist.

Bookies say Adonis is hot favourite for Nobel Literature

Looks like Philip Roth will have to wait again. Syrian poet and Goethe prize winner Adonis has emerged as the favourite candidate to be crowned the Nobel literature laureate this Thursday.

Philip Roth: Man Booker International and human comedy

Philip Roth is this year's Man Booker International author. However the award has come with its share of controversies.