Philip Milton Roth the 78 year old US novelist renowned for his controversial 1969 sexually explicit psychoanalytical novel Portnoy’s Complaint, has won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize at the Sydney Writer’s Festival. Chairman of the judging panel Dr Rick Gekoski, praised Roth’s 50-year career as remarkable for starting at such a high level and continuing to improve with age when most other novelists decline, referencing Roth’s most recent 2010 publication ‘Nemesis’.  However not all judges on the panel agreed. Critic Carmen Callil founder of the feminist publishing house Virago retired from the panel in protest claiming Roth did not even deserve to make the shortlist, and did not wish for her name to be associated with the award to Roth. Roth’s work usually focuses on explicit male sexuality. Inspired by Laura Roberts ow.ly/56uKE image source ulike ow.ly/56uUW Older men and their sexual exploits (July 19 2011)

Philip Milton Roth the 78 year old US novelist renowned for his controversial 1969 sexually explicit psychoanalytical novel Portnoy’s Complaint, has won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize at the Sydney Writer’s Festival. Chairman of the judging panel Dr Rick Gekoski, praised Roth’s 50-year career as remarkable for starting at such a high level and continuing to improve with age when most other novelists decline, referencing Roth’s most recent 2010 publication ‘Nemesis’.  However not all judges on the panel agreed. Critic Carmen Callil founder of the feminist publishing house Virago retired from the panel in protest claiming Roth did not even deserve to make the shortlist, and did not wish for her name to be associated with the award to Roth. Roth’s work usually focuses on explicit male sexuality.

 

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