(CNN) Philip Roth, a fearless novelist who wrote about Jewish life and male sexual identity, died Tuesday night at a hospital in New York. In addition to a Pulitzer for fiction writing, he won other top literary honors, including National Book Awards and PEN/Faulkner Awards. President Barack Obama presents the 2010 National Humanities Medal to Philip Roth at the White House. Philip Roth wrote fictions about the writing of fiction. His central protagonist was often a novelist, one who seemed to resemble Philip Roth greatly.

Source: CNN May 23, 2018 04:18 UTC