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John Barth
John Barth | |
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.jpg) Barth in 1995 | |
| Born | May 27, 1930 Cambridge, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | April 2, 2024 (aged 93) Bonita Springs, Florida, U.S. |
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| Period | 1956–2022 |
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| Notable awards | National Book Award 1973 Chimera |
John Simmons Barth (/bɑːrθ/;[1] May 27, 1930 – April 2, 2024) 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.
- ^ "Barth" Archived December 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
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