Marco Roth

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Marco Roth
Born1974 (age 5051)
Education The Dalton School, Columbia University, Yale University
OccupationEditor
Known forFounding n+1 magazine

Marco Roth (born 1974) in New York, New York is a co-founder and former editor of n+1 magazine. [1] [2]

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Life

Roth is a graduate of The Dalton School, Columbia University, and began but did not finish a PhD in Comparative Literature from Yale University. [3] [4] In 2009, he was awarded a Pew Fellowship in the Arts, [5] and the Roger Shattuck prize for literary criticism in 2011. [6] He lives in Philadelphia. [7]

He resigned from his masthead position at n+1 in response to the publication of what he called "an unapologetic, celebratory account of the pro-Palestinian rallies on Oct. 8" following the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel. [8]

Roth was previously married to Emily Wilson. [9] He is in a relationship with Nina Dudas, an architect. [10] [11]

Essays and criticism

His work has appeared in the Dissent, [12] New York Times, Harper's, The London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement and the Nation. [13] His memoir, The Scientists: A Family Romance, about his father's death and "truths and limitations in literature", [14] came out in 2012. [15]

Selected works

Selected Articles published in n+1

Interviews

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  2. Scott, A. o (2005-09-11). "Among the Believers". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2017-02-16.
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  6. "Roger Shattuck Prizes for Criticism: Lila Azam Zanaganeh and Marco Roth". www.centerforfiction.org. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
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  8. Roth, Marco (January 24, 2024). "Shylock at the U.N." Tablet Magazine. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  9. "'Highbrow Fight Club'". Observer. 2004-12-20. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  10. Hills, Samantha Weiss (2019-06-24). "Remaking an apartment in a 19th-century townhouse". Curbed Philly. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  11. Marco Roth and Katarina Dudas (2015-10-05). "History of the Present: Belgrade". Places Journal. doi:10.22269/151005.
  12. Roth, Marco. "Fall 2010 Issue - The Credit Crisis and". Dissent Magazine. Archived from the original on 2010-11-22. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
  13. "Marco Roth: The Rise of the Neuronovel". RN Book Show. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
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