(born 1930), US novelist and short-story writer noted for complex experimental novels; full name John Simmons Barth. Notable works: The Sot-Weed Factor (1960), Giles Goat-Boy (1966), and Letters (1979).
Definition of Barth, John in US English:
Barth, John
proper nounbärTH
(born 1930), US novelist and short-story writer noted for complex experimental novels; full name John Simmons Barth. Notable works: The Sot-Weed Factor (1960), Giles Goat-Boy (1966), and Letters (1979).