Philip Roth Wins

Philip Roth has another award for his trophy case.

The AP reports:

Philip Roth has won yet another literary prize, this time the PEN/Faulkner award for “Everyman,” his short, bleak novel about illness and mortality…

Roth, who will receive $15,000, is the first three-time winner of the PEN/Faulkner, having received it in 1994 for “Operation Shylock” and in 2001 for “The Human Stain.” The PEN/Faulkner Award was founded in 1980. (MORE)

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