RSSPhilip Roth wins his third PEN/Faulkner award for “Everyman”
Portnoy isn’t complaining, and there’s no plot against this American author. Philip Roth has again proven his literary Superman status with Everyman, which won the 2007 PEN/Faulkner award for fiction this week. It’s the third time he’s won the PEN/Faulkner—this time for a 192-page novel that looks backward at the life of a 70-year-old “everyman” who has just died. Easily one of the most praised and acknowledged authors of our day, Roth has written 27 books. And this latest of many career-spanning awards proves that he is clearly as capable as ever as he approaches his 75th birthday (March 19).
Following are the other finalists Roth beat out for this year’s PEN/Faulkner:
- All Aunt Hagar’s Children, by Edward P. Jones
- The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel, by Amy Hempel
- Twilight of the Superheroes, by Deborah Eisenberg
- The Dead Fish Museum, by Charles D’Ambrosio