Barthold "Bart" Fles was a Dutch-American literary agent, author, translator, editor and publisher.
13 Facts About Barthold Fles
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Barthold Fles was born in Amsterdam into an assimilating Jewish family.
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Barthold Fles's father, Louis Fles, was a successful businessman and an activist against religion.
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Barthold had a tense relationship with his father, who wanted him into his business, while the young Fles was mostly interested in reading.
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Barthold Fles studied business at a vocational school and found employment at De Lange publishers.
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In New York Barthold Fles found temporary employment as a violinist, painting apartments, selling vacuum cleaners and working for publishers.
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Barthold Fles organized evenings for these authors in New York, in order to get them acquainted with the American book market.
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Barthold Fles was a special figure in the lives of many of his clients.
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Barthold Fles kept closely in touch, encouraged his authors to concentrate on their art, and arranged fellowships with literary funds.
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In biographical notes on Barthold Fles she stated that he had refused to take on her boyfriend Henry Miller.
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Barthold Fles was influential during several decades in getting blacklisted authors published.
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Barthold Fles wrote introductions to compilations and many articles and translated several books from German to English.
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In 1936 Barthold Fles married Ruth Grunwald, a dancer at the Metropolitan Opera who had been just one year in the United States.