December 19, 1989(1989-12-19) (aged 87) Laren, Netherlands
Pen name
Jan van Straaten
Occupation
literary agent
author
translator
editor
publisher
Genre
non-fiction
juvenile
Subject
music
literature
Notable works
books: Slavonic rhapsody, Briefwechsel; translations: Music here and now, Bambi's children; articles: Chávez lights new music with old fires, Literature in exile
Spouse
Ruth Grünwald (div.)
Relatives
Louis Fles (father)
George Fles (brother)
Michael John Fles (nephew)
Bart Berman (nephew)
Helen Berman (w. of nephew)
Thijs Berman (grandnephew)
Giorgio van Straten
(first cousin once removed)
Barthold "Bart" Fles (February 7, 1902 – December 19, 1989) was a Dutch-American literary agent, author, translator, editor and publisher.[1][2] Among his many clients were Elias Canetti, Raymond Loewy, Heinrich Mann, Joseph Roth, Felix Salten, Ignazio Silone, Bruno Walter and Arnold Zweig.
^Bleiler EF: The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, page 189. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1983.
^Boberach, Heinz; Schulze-Bidlingmaier, Ingrid (1994). Quellen zur deutschen politischen Emigration 1933 - 1945 (in German). K.G. Saur. ISBN 978-3-598-23040-0. Korrespondenz Barthold Fles (1902-1989) Literaturagent, Verleger, Schriftsteller, Übersetzer holländisch-jüdischer Herkunft; seit 1923 New York, dort 52 Jahre als Literaturagent tätig.
Bruno Walter and Arnold Zweig. BartholdFles was born in Amsterdam into an assimilating Jewish family. His father, Louis Fles, was a successful businessman...
the book in 1941 and sent it off to BartholdFles, a New York literary agent who had been recommended to me. Mr. Fles was a Jew and in March, 1941, Jews...
the book in 1941 and sent it off to BartholdFles, a New York literary agent who had been recommended to me. Mr. Fles was a Jew and in March, 1941, Jews...
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Michael John Fles (born 11 November 1936), known both as John Fles and Michael Fles, is an American poet, editor, musician and film personality. Professor...
California. During much of her career she was represented by literary agent BartholdFles. Besides crime, Linington also took interest in archaeology, the occult...
magazine. In the meantime, she had started to work with literary agent BartholdFles, who was of great support to her creative writing. Rikhoff remarried...
and social activism, Fles committed suicide in May 1940, only a few weeks after the German occupation of the Netherlands. Louis Fles was born in Maassluis...
George "Sjoppie" Fles (Russian: Георгий Людвигович Флэс, romanized: Georgiy Lyudvigovich Fles; 1908–1939) was a Dutch translator with a strong communist...
(1952). Hollister Noble and his wife, Iris Noble, were represented by BartholdFles. The Winds of Love (1948) Woman With a Sword: The biographical novel...
of Love; editor and staffer for Poetry magazine and The New Yorker BartholdFles (1902–1989), literary agent, author, editor, translator and publisher...
history magazines and books. He was represented by the literary agent BartholdFles. Today his papers are held in the special collections of the Georgetown...
Newspaperarchive.com. BartholdFles, Ms. Branscum's agent, said, "She's the worst speller and best writer I have." [...] Fles has never met the author...
by General Haim Laskov. Larkin was represented by the literary agent BartholdFles. Margareth Larkin died in Mexico City on May 7, 1967, aged 67. Her son...
published by major publishing houses. She was represented by literary agent BartholdFles. Miller had taught at the University of Idaho. Helen Markley Miller's...
the Atlantic Monthly among other magazines. Her literary agent was BartholdFles. Janet Stevenson lived Clatsop County, Oregon, from 1965 until her death...
Prize, Zerilli-Marimò Prize for Italian Fiction Relatives Louis Fles, BartholdFles George Fles, Michael Fles Bart Berman, Helen Berman, Thijs Berman...
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