US novelist Philip Roth won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his acclaimed novel "American Pastoral"-AFP/File / Jim WATSON23 May 2018: Prolific novelist Philip Roth, a dominant force in American literature throughout the latter half of the 20th century, has died at the age of 85.Roth's death on Tuesday, first reported by the New Yorker and The New York Times, was later confirmed by Roth's literary agent Andrew Wylie. He said the cause was congestive heart failure.Roth won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his acclaimed novel "American Pastoral. "Thurman said that after he stopped writing Roth spent his free time reading and swimming, and meeting friends. "I was by this time no longer in possession of the mental vitality or the physical fitness needed to mount and sustain a large creative attack of any duration," Roth said.The newspaper remembered Roth as "a passionate student of American history and the American vernacular. And more than just about any other writer of his time he was tireless in his exploration of male sexuality."

Source: Egypt Today May 23, 2018 06:33 UTC