(born 1933), US novelist and short-story writer; full name Philip Milton Roth. He often wrote with irony and humour about the complexity and diversity of contemporary American Jewish life. Notable works: Portnoy's Complaint (1969), Zuckerman Bound (1985), and American Pastoral (1997).
Definition of Roth, Philip in US English:
Roth, Philip
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(born 1933), US novelist and short-story writer; full name Philip Milton Roth. He often wrote with irony and humor about the complexity and diversity of contemporary American Jewish life. Notable works: Portnoy's Complaint (1969), Zuckerman Bound (1985), and American Pastoral (1997).