John Barth

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American writer (1930-2024)

United States WritersLived 1930 to 2024 · aged 93

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John Simmons Barth was an American writer best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction.

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1998PEN/Malamud Award

1973National Book Award for Fiction

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Terry SouthernAlso in End of the Road (1970)

Grayson HallAlso in End of the Road (1970)

Eudora WeltyAlso won National Book Award for Fiction

Sherman AlexieAlso won PEN/Malamud Award

Denis JohnsonAlso won National Book Award for Fiction

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John Simmons Barth was an American writer best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. His most highly regarded and influential works were published in the 1960s, and include The Sot-Weed Factor, a whimsical retelling of Maryland's colonial history; Giles Goat-Boy, a satirical fantasy in which a university is a microcosm of the Cold War world; and Lost in the Funhouse, a self-referential and experimental collection of short stories. He was co-recipient of the National Book Award in 1973 for his episodic novel Chimera.

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