us writer philip roth awarded france\s top honour
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One of the leading men of American letters

US writer Philip Roth awarded France's top honour

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French FM (L) and US author at Cultural Services of French Embassy in New York
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French FM (L) and US author at Cultural Services of French Embassy in New York France has awarded US writer Philip Roth its highest decoration, the Legion d'honneur (Legion of Honor), with the country's foreign minister bestowing the award in New York. At a ceremony on Friday, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius , in the Big Apple for the United Nations General Assembly, praised Roth's prolific career as one of the leading men of American letters.
The distinction, first established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802 to give recognition to civilians and soldiers, has five degrees and Roth, 80, was given the title of Commander.
"This highest honour is a wonderful surprise," Roth said. Then, speaking in French, he said that he was "absolutely delighted."
Fabius, describing Roth's "huge success" in France, added: "France is giving you back what you have given to my country."
Roth achieved fame with his sexually explicit novel "Portnoy's Complaint" in 1969, and is well known for mining the Jewish-American experience as source material for his work.
He is the author of nearly 30 novels, including "The Humbling" (2009) about an aging actor and erotic desire, and "Nemesis," framed by a 1944 polio epidemic, which was published in 2010.
Roth's numerous US literary prizes include two National Book Awards, two National Book Critics Circle Awards, three PEN/Faulkner awards, and the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for "American Pastoral."
Roth, who told a French magazine in 2012 that he would no longer write fiction, said he studied French when he was a teenager but has since forgotten most of it.
Source: AFP

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