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Philip Roth wins the Man Booker International Prize | Philip Roth wins the Man Booker International Prize |
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US writer Philip Roth has been announced as the winner of the fourth Man Booker International Prize. | US writer Philip Roth has been announced as the winner of the fourth Man Booker International Prize. |
The award and £60,000 prize money is presented to a writer for their "achievement in fiction on the world stage", organisers said. | The award and £60,000 prize money is presented to a writer for their "achievement in fiction on the world stage", organisers said. |
Roth, 78, said: "This is a great honour and I'm delighted to receive it." | Roth, 78, said: "This is a great honour and I'm delighted to receive it." |
His body of work includes the 1997 novel American Pastoral, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize. At 26, he wrote his first book Goodbye, Columbus. | His body of work includes the 1997 novel American Pastoral, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize. At 26, he wrote his first book Goodbye, Columbus. |
'Esteemed prize' | |
The announcement was made at a press conference in Australia, during the Sydney Writers' Festival. | |
The award will be presented at a formal dinner in London on 28 June, however a spokeswoman said Roth would be unable to attend. | |
Born in Newark, New Jersey in 1933, Roth's controversial 1969 novel Portnoy's Complaint brought him worldwide attention for its graphic depiction of sexuality. | |
Time magazine included the work in a list of the best novels of the 20th century. | |
His 2000 book The Human Stain was adapted for the screen, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman. | |
The American author said he was grateful to the judges for awarding him the "esteemed prize". | |
He added: "One of the particular pleasures I've had as a writer is to have my work read internationally despite all the heartaches of translation that that entails. | |
"I hope the prize will bring me to the attention of readers around the world who are not familiar with my work. This is a great honour and I'm delighted to receive it." | |
The judging panel was chaired by writer, academic and rare-book dealer Dr Rick Gekoski. | |
"For more than 50 years Philip Roth's books have stimulated, provoked and amused an enormous, and still expanding, audience," he said. | |
"His imagination has not only recast our idea of Jewish identity, it has also reanimated fiction, and not just American fiction, generally." | |
Gekoski was joined on the panel by writer and critic Carmen Callil and award-winning novelist Justin Cartwright. | |
In March British thriller writer John Le Carre asked judges to withdraw his name from the shortlist. | |
The author said he was "enormously flattered" but added: "I do not compete for literary prizes." | |
His Dark Materials author Philip Pullman and Rohinton Mistry had also been up for the award. | |
The Man Booker International Prize, which is presented every two years, has previously been awarded to Ismail Kadare in 2005, Chinua Achebe in 2007 and Alice Munro in 2009. |
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