John Barth

John Simmons Barth (;"Barth". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. May 27, 1930 – April 2, 2024) was an American writer. He was 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.

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.

Barth died under hospice care in Bonita Springs, Florida on April 2, 2024 at the age of 93.

References

Other websites
 Barth audio goodies at the Lannan site
 Barth on KCRW's radio program 'Bookworm' with Michael Silverblatt
  click!, a short story by John Barth centered on hypertextuality
National Book Awards Acceptance Speech 

Category:1930 births
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Category:American novelists
Category:American essayists
Category:Writers from Maryland