Mellow, James Robert, 1926-1997
Biographical / Historical
James Robert Mellow (b. February 28, 1926, Gloucester, Massachusetts-d. November 22, 1997, Rockport, Massachusetts), critic and author who wrote a trilogy of biographies about writers of the Lost Generation. Mr. Mellow was an art critic for The New York Times, a book reviewer, and a literary biographer. His first book, ''Charmed Circle: Gertrude Stein & Company,'' firmly established his reputation. It was followed by, ''Nathaniel Hawthorne in His Times,'' which won the American Book Award for biography for its paperback edition in 1983; ''Invented Lives: F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald,'' and ''Hemingway: A Life Without Consequences.'' Mellow served two years in the Army Air Force before attending Northwestern University. He graduated in 1950 and came to New York, where he wrote on art and literature for Commonweal, Art News and Arts Magazine. He subsequently became editor of Arts Magazine. In 1983, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Mr. Mellow had homes in Rockport, Massachusetts and Clinton, Connecticut, and was survived by Augie Capaccio, his companion of 46 years, and a brother, George, of Georgetown, Kentucky.
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Charmed Circle: Gertrude Stein & Company / Mellow, James R. ; Stein G ; Apollinaire G ; Picasso P ; Hugnet G ; Jacob M ; Joyce J ; Picabia F ; DeZayas M., 1991
This book is an oustanding reference to the artistic times in Paris in the first part of the 20th century. The Sackners' reading of the book prompted them to purchase Stein's "Dix Portraits." The latter is described on pages 323-324. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Charmed Circle: Gertrude Stein & Company / Mellow, James R. ; Stein G ; Apollinaire G ; Picasso P ; Hugnet G ; Jacob M ; Joyce J ; Picabia F ; DeZayas M., 1974
This book is an oustanding reference to the artistic times in Paris in the first part of the 20th century. The Sackners' reading of the book prompted them to purchase Stein's "Dix Portraits." The latter is described on pages 323-324. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.