Robert Phelps

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Robert Phelps


Born
in Elyria, Ohio, The United States
November 16, 1922

Died
January 01, 1989

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Robert Phelps (also known as Robert G. Phelps) was a journalist, novelist and letter-writer who flourished in the mid-twentieth century in new York City, his adopted home. A devoted francophile, Phelps venerated the writings of Cocteau, Colette and Marcel Jouhandeau and did much to promote the works of these authors in the US. Phelps co-founded Grove Press in 1949, but sold it a year later and devoted himself to writing. He is best known for "The Literary Life: A Scrapbook Almanac of the Anglo-American Literary Scene from 1900 to 1950"; "Professional Secrets: An Autobiography of Jean Cocteau"; and "Earthly Paradise: Colette's Autobiography Drawn From her Lifetime Writings".
NOTE: He is NOT the author of "Ramblings from the Barn", or the Mel
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The Literary Life: A Scrapb...

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Heroes and Orators

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Colette: Flowers and Fruit

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“I am not a human being; I am a human becoming.”
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