The American author whose career spanned 50 years and includes a Pulitzer Prize in 1998 and the novel controversial "portnoy" and received the prize of $100,000 on Wednesday in Sydney.
The Man Booker Prize of International is awarded every two years to a writer living for overall contribution to fiction. It is connected to, but separate the best-known Man Booker Prize for Fiction, which is awarded each year for a specific book.
Roth has defeated 12 other authors shortlisted, including the British John le Carre, the Australia David Malouf and Canadian Indian origin Rohinton Mistry.
The award will be officially presented at a dinner in London in June.
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