Robert Deane Pharr

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Robert Deane Pharr (1916–1989[1] or 1992[2]) was an African-American novelist.[3][4]

Pharr attended Saint Paul's Normal and Industrial School, Lincoln University, Virginia Union University and Fisk University,[2] but spent most of his career working as a waiter.[1] He described his goal when he started writing as to be a "black Sinclair Lewis".[2][3] He is best known for his debut novel The Book of Numbers (1969), about the numbers racket, which was adapted into a 1973 film of the same name.[1][5]


Works[]

  • The Book of Numbers (1969)
  • S.R.O. (1971)
  • The Welfare Bi+ch (1973)
  • The Soul Murder Case (1975)
  • Giveadamn Brown (1978)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "The Book of Numbers". University of Virginia Press. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Roberts, John J. "Robert Deane Pharr (1916–1992)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b O'Brien, John; Singh, Raman K. (1974). "Interview with Robert Deane Pharr". Negro American Literature Forum. 8 (3): 244. doi:10.2307/3041467. JSTOR 3041467.
  4. ^ Epps, Garrett (1976). "To Know the Truth: The Novels of Robert Deane Pharr". Hollins Critic. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Robert Deane Pharr (1916-1992), from The Oxford Companion to African-American Literature". Oxford Reference. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 June 2020.


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