"John Simmons Barth (/b\u0251r\u03B8/; born May 27, 1930) is an American novelist and short-story writer, known for the postmodernist and metafictional quality of his work."@en . . . "Novelist, short story writer, professor" . . . . . "Barth, John Simmons (full name)"@en . "Barth, John"@en . . . "1930-05-27Z"^^ . . . . . "1956Z"^^ . . "1930Z"^^ . "John Barth"@en . .