John Barth
American writer (1930-2024) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 93
John Simmons Barth was an American writer best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction.
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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.
