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Long after his contemporaries in postwar literature had died or faded, Roth kept writing at a prolific pace.
He retired from writing in 2012.
Novelist Philip Roth Dead at 85
Author Philip Roth has died at the age of 85. The writer leaves behind a prolific body of work, having won a Pulitzer Prize in 1998 and having his works enshrined in the Library of America.
