Robert Ferro

Robert Ferro (born 1941 in Cranford, New Jersey - deceased in 1988) was an American novelist whose semi-autobiographical fiction explored the uneasy integration of homosexuality and traditional American upper-middle-class values.

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. He later lectured at Adelphi University.cite web |title=Robert Ferro, 46, Dies |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEFDF1F30F931A25754C0A96E948260 |date=1988-07-12 |accessdate=2007-08-08 |work=The New York Times] He was a member of The Violet Quill.cite web |url=http://www.glbtq.com/literature/ferro_r.html |title=Ferro, Robert (1941-1988) |last=Consoli |first=Joseph P. |year=2002 |work=glbtq.com |accessdate=2007-08-08]

He died of AIDS a few months after his partner, Michael Grumley, in 1988.

Bibliography

* "The Family of Max Desir" (1983)
* "The Blue Star" (1985)
* "Second Son" (1988)

References