Talk:Joseph Roth

Possible POV
It's asserted in the final paragraph that Roth became "increasingly eccentric politically". The fact that he favoured restoration of the Habsburg monarchy is not intrinsically "eccentric", especially in the context of the late 1930s; surely, therefore this comment is subjective and inappropriate in a reference work. I've removed it. --MV Overchurch 13:09, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Not yet B class
I've reassessed this article as C-class. To quote from the quality scale, C-class means that and article is "Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study." It needs a lot of work before reaching B - many sections need more citations, the biography needs reorganization and expansion, there should be a section outlining some of his major works and a section on his literary legacy. An infobox could be desirable as well. Sindinero (talk) 11:32, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Suicide through alcohol abuse??
"Roth committed suicide through alcohol abuse in 1939."

This is ridiculous. Abusing alcohol may show poor judgement, at the very least, but death as a result is NOT suicide. Tad Lincoln (talk) 03:02, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Agree. According to what I have read in German-language sources and the German-language Wikipedia article he died, weakened by his alcoholism, in hospital of a double-lung infection. I have removed the sentence. Hohenloh + 11:27, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

There seems to be a lot of confusion in English-language sources about Roth's death. In the author bio appended to the New Directions edition of The Leviathan it is stated flatly that Roth committed suicide, even though the translator's note to the same volume simply says that "his health failed rather quickly" before his death and makes no mention of suicide at all. I don't read German but the information supplied above by Hohenloh sounds more reliable. 850 C (talk) 00:24, 26 August 2014 (UTC)

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