John Barth, the playfully erudite author whose darkly comic and complicated novels revolved around the art of literature and launched countless debates over the art of fiction, died Tuesday.

John Barth in 1994. As his foremost inspiration, he cited Scheherazade, the tale-spinning enchantress who nightly wove stories to keep her master from executing her at dawn.

John Barth, A&S '51, '52 (MA), groundbreaking and prolific author, revered teacher, and professor emeritus in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University, died Tuesday. He was 93. Best known for ...

John Barth, a John Hopkins professor emeritus whose darkly comic and complicated novels revolved around the art of literature, has died. He was 93.

John Barth, a novelist who crafted labyrinthine, fantastical tales that were at once bawdy and philosophical, placing him on the cutting edge of the postmodern literary movement, died April 2. He ...

On April 2, John Barth, the author of “Lost in the Funhouse” along with dozens of other books including classics of — literature, “The Sot-Weed Factor” and “Giles Goat-Boy,” died at ...

John Barth, the playfully erudite author whose darkly comic and complicated novels revolved around the art of literature and launched countless debates over the art of fiction, died Tuesday.

John Barth, who, believing that the old literary conventions were exhausted, extended the limits of storytelling with imaginative and intricately woven novels including “The Sot-Weed Factor ...

John Simmons Barth was born on May 27, 1930, in Cambridge, Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay, to John Jacob and Georgia (Simmons) Barth. His father ran a candy store.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — John Barth, the playfully erudite author whose darkly comic and complicated novels revolved around the art of literature and launched countless debates over the art of ...