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Philip Roth

1933 - 2018

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His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2024). Philip Roth is the 450th most popular writer (down from 428th in 2024), the 553rd most popular biography from United States (down from 406th in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Writer.

Philip Roth is most famous for his novel Portnoy's Complaint, which is about a Jewish man who is sexually frustrated and has an obsession with his mother.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Philip Roth ranks 450 out of 7,302. Before him are Jim Corbett, Raymond Chandler, Athenaeus, Henry James, Philip Larkin, and Thomas De Quincey. After him are Demetrius Vikelas, Jo Nesbø, Carl Spitteler, Louis Aragon, Marguerite Yourcenar, and Gabriela Mistral.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Philip Roth ranks 26. Before him are Nina Simone, Arno Allan Penzias, Susan Sontag, Amartya Sen, Paul Biya, and Paul J. Crutzen. After him are Elinor Ostrom, Krzysztof Penderecki, Corazon Aquino, Mako, Richard R. Ernst, and Fouad Mebazaa. Among people deceased in 2018, Philip Roth ranks 24. Before him are Amos Oz, Isao Takahata, Riccardo Giacconi, John McCain, Stephen Hillenburg, and Jean-Louis Tauran. After him are France Gall, Jens Christian Skou, Lys Assia, Richard E. Taylor, Burton Richter, and Günter Blobel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Philip Roth ranks 553 out of NaN. Before him are John Malkovich (1953), Raymond Chandler (1888), Robert Fulton (1765), Henry James (1843), Frances Cleveland (1864), and Ted Kaczynski (1942). After him are Steve Wozniak (1950), Pontiac (1714), Dick Cheney (1941), Herbert A. Hauptman (1917), Michael Clarke Duncan (1957), and Charles M. Schulz (1922).

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Among Writers In United States

Among writers born in United States, Philip Roth ranks 49. Before him are Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809), James Fenimore Cooper (1789), Jack Kerouac (1922), Gertrude Stein (1874), Raymond Chandler (1888), and Henry James (1843). After him are Dan Brown (1964), Harper Lee (1926), Eugene O'Neill (1888), Louise Glück (1943), Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804), and William S. Burroughs (1914).

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