John Barth
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John Simmons Barth (/bɑːrθ/;[1] born May 27, 1930) is an American writer. He is best known for his postmodernist and metafictional fiction. He won the National Book Award in 1973. Barth was born in Cambridge, Maryland. In 1974, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.[2]
His first two books were The Floating Opera and The End of the Road. His best known works include: The Sot-Weed Factor, Giles Goat-Boy, Lost in the Funhouse, Chimera, LETTERS and Once Upon a Time: A Floating Opera.
References
- ↑ "Barth". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
- ↑ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
Other websites
- Barth audio goodies at the Lannan site
- Barth on KCRW's radio program 'Bookworm' with Michael Silverblatt[dead link]
- click!, a short story by John Barth centered on hypertextuality
- National Book Awards Acceptance Speech Archived 2017-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
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