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Then President Barack Obama presents the National Humanities Medal to Philip Roth at the White House in March 2011. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
Then President Barack Obama presents the National Humanities Medal to Philip Roth at the White House in March 2011. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)