Robert Ferro
Robert Ferro (October 21, 1941 - July 11, 1988) was an American novelist whose semi-autobiographical fiction explored the uneasy integration of homosexuality and traditional American upper-middle-class values.
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[edit] Biography
He was born in Cranford, New Jersey. He went to college at Rutgers University and received a Master's Degree from the University of Iowa. In the fall of 1965 Ferro met Andrew Holleran at the Iowa Writer's Workshop.[1] He later lectured at Adelphi University.[2] He was a member of The Violet Quill.[3]
He died of AIDS a few months after his partner, Michael Grumley, in 1988.[2]
[edit] Themes
Rober Ferro's works are especially interested in the phenomena of homosexual integration into the traditional family. [4]
Love of family is a theme that appears in both "The Family of Max Desir", and "Second Son" and reflects his traditional Italo-American sentiments. [5]
[edit] Books
- The Others. Scribner. 1977. ISBN 0684151375.
- The Family of Max Desir. Dutton. 1983. ISBN 0525241973.
- The Blue Star. Plume. 1985. ISBN 0452258197.
- Second Son. Crown. 1988. ISBN 0517568152.
[edit] References
- ^ The violet quill reader : the emergence of gay writing after Stonewall. New York: St. Martin's. 1994. ISBN 031211091X.
- ^ a b "Robert Ferro, 46, Dies". The New York Times. 1988-07-12. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEFDF1F30F931A25754C0A96E948260. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
- ^ Consoli, Joseph P. (2002). "Ferro, Robert (1941-1988)". glbtq.com. http://www.glbtq.com/literature/ferro_r.html. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
- ^ Consoli, Joseph P.. "GLBTQ". Ferro, Robert (1941-1988). http://www.glbtq.com/literature/ferro_r.html. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
- ^ Consoli, Joseph P.. "GLBTQ". Ferro, Robert (1941-1988). http://www.glbtq.com/literature/ferro_r.html. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
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