Henry Roth

Henry Roth was an American novelist and writer (1906–1995). He was born at Tysmenytsia and died at Albuquerque.

Henry Roth in brief

Born
1906
Died
1995
Known for
novelist and writer
Place of birth
Tysmenytsia
Contents

Catalogued works

20 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and The Cleveland Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 1860 to 1998.

From Bondage. Requiem for Harlem. A Diving Rock on the Hudson. A Star Shines Over Mt. Morris Park. Call It Sleep. An American Type. Shifting Landscape, dated 1987. Mercy of a Rude Stream, dated 1998. Nature's First Green, dated 1979. Six Piccadillies, dated 1969/70, color screenprint, over color offset on white coated paper, laid down on rigid 12-ply board, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1998.87.6. Diter Rot Book FC 1958-65, dated 1965, 24 hand cut colored papers ruled in graphite, on commercially silkscreened red and blue wove papers in black portfolio cover, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2007.362. House Pets, dated 1957, oil on canvas, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1957.184. The mineral springs of Wiesbaden and their effect in disease : with instructions as to their application / by Henry Roth ; translated from the fourth German edition by Chris. Benson., dated 1870, held by Wellcome Collection. When you stand alone / John Paterson, Carl Blashko, Henry Janzen., dated [1991], held by Wellcome Collection. A monograph upon aconite : its therapeutic and physiological effects together with its uses, and accurate statements derived from the various sources of medical literature / translated from the German of Dr. Reil, by Henry B. Millard ; prize essay., dated 1860, held by Wellcome Collection. Shorter Scientific Correspondence: 1961, dated 1961, held by Wellcome Collection. Shorter Scientific Correspondence: 1958, dated 1958, held by Wellcome Collection. 'R', dated Feb 1895-Feb 1896, held by Wellcome Collection. Studies in primitive looms / by H. Ling Roth., dated [1934], held by Wellcome Collection. The natives of Sarawak and British North Borneo : based chiefly on the mss. of the late H.B. Low, Sarawak government service / with a preface by Andrew Lang., dated 1896, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 28 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Roth, Henry (1906-1995), writer, American National Biography Online, 2000. Roth, Air Commodore Victor Henry Batten, (7 June 1904–6 Dec. 1979), RAF, retd, Who Was Who, 2007. Roth, Henry, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature, 2017. A Tale of Two Roths: Philip and Henry, Philip Roth Studies, 2015. Henry Roth, Oxford Bibliographies in American Literature, 2021. Pieces of a Man: Considering Shifting Landscape as Autobiographical Critique, Journal of the Short Story in English, 2005. Invescriture : la Recherche Création à travers (l’art de) l’enquête, Miranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone, 2026. Introduction, RSA Journal, 1990. “Trolley Car Runs”, RSA Journal, 1990. "At Times in Flight": Henry Roth's Parable of Renunciation, Journal of the Short Story in English, 2005. Le tentazioni di Babele, Ticontre: Teoria Testo Traduzione, 2023. Henry Roth’s Short Fiction (1940-1980): A Geography Of Loss, Journal of the Short Story in English, 2005. A Means to an End: Henry Roth's Self-Consuming Short Fiction, Journal of the Short Story in English, 2005.

Digitised editions and texts

12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

DIY GameFrame Frame and Grid (2945554) (2018) — Internet Archive. Cuby — Internet Archive. The Way They Play Book 5 (1978) — Internet Archive. Requiem pour Harlem, tome 4 (1945) — Internet Archive. Idea 3 2 Inch Speaker with Passive Membran (2969568) (2018) — Internet Archive. The Way They Play Book 7 (1980) — Internet Archive. call it sleep (1962) — Internet Archive. Stairville LED Bar 240/8 RGB DMX Cap (5509023) (2022) — Internet Archive. 2 x 2 inch speaker with passive board Front (2933372) (2018) — Internet Archive. Midi Pad Arcade Button 24 mm Case (2939289) (2018) — Internet Archive. Stand Pat, Or, Poker Stories from the Mississippi (1906) — Internet Archive. Polly of the Pines: A Patriot Girl of the Carolinas (1906) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 17 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Henry Roth studied at City College of New York. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is literary activity and prose.

Works named in the authority record are Call It Sleep.

Distinctions recorded are International Nonino Prize.

Chronology

  1. 1906Henry Roth born at Tysmenytsia.
  2. 1945Requiem pour Harlem, tome 4 digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1978The Way They Play Book 5 digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1980The Way They Play Book 7 digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1995Henry Roth died at Albuquerque.
  6. 2018DIY GameFrame Frame and Grid (2945554) digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 2018Idea 3 2 Inch Speaker with Passive Membran (2969568) digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Henry Roth”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1285419: Henry Roth

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