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Henry Roth

Henry RothBorn: 8-Feb-1906
Birthplace: Tismenitsya, Ukraine
Died: 13-Oct-1995
Location of death: Albuquerque, NM
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Call It Sleep

Worked for the WPA during the Depression.

Father: (waiter)
Wife: Muriel Parker (pianist, m. 1939, d. 1990)

    University: City College of New York (1928)

    Communist Party Joined 1933

Author of books:
Call It Sleep (1934, novel)
Shifting Landscape: A Composite, 1925-87 (1987, short stories, essays)
A Star Shines Over Mt. Morris Park (1994, novel)
Mercy of a Rude Stream (1994, novel)
A Diving Rock on the Hudson (1995, novel)
From Bondage (1996, novel)



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