New York: Prolific novelist Philip Roth, a dominant force in American literature throughout the latter half of the 20th century, has died, US media said late Tuesday. The New Yorker magazine first reported the death of Roth, who won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his acclaimed novel American Pastoral. His titanic stature on the post-World War II literary scene came from the universality of his message – in his own words: "I don't write Jewish, I write American." The decorated author won most top literary honours, but the coveted Nobel Literature Prize eluded him. The Swedish Academy announced earlier this month there will be no Nobel Literature Prize this year in the wake of a crisis stemming from the anti-sexual harassment #MeToo campaign.

Source: New Strait Times May 23, 2018 04:18 UTC