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Robert Phelps

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Born: November 15 1922

Died: 3131 12 19881988

Robert 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 Bay's Guitar workbooks.

Robert Phelps

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Born: November 15 1922

Died: 3131 12 19881988

Robert 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 Bay's Guitar workbooks.

Books from Robert Phelps

The Paris Diary The New York Diary 1951-1961

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Earthly Paradise: An Autobiography of Colette Drawn from Her Lifetime Writings

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Belles Saisons: A Colette Scrapbook

4.5/5 ( ratings)

The Literary Life: Scrapbook Almanac of the Anglo-American Literary Scene, 1910-50

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Growing Calendar: Guide on How to Plan and When to Plant Your Garden to Get Huge Harvest This Year

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Bradley Walker Tomlin: A Retrospective

The Collected Stories of Colette

The Collected Stories