Barthold "Bart" Fles (February 7, 1902 – December 19, 1989) was a Dutch-American literary agent,

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. Among his many clients were

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Early life and education

Barthold Fles was born in

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into an assimilating Jewish family. His father, Louis Fles, was a successful businessman and an activist against religion. Barthold had a tense relationship with his father, who wanted him into his business, while the young Fles was mostly interested in reading. Barthold read in Dutch, German, English, and French, anytime and at a tremendous pace. He did study business at a vocational school and found employment at De Lange publishers. In 1923 he left for the United States. In New York Fles found temporary employment as a violinist, painting apartments, selling vacuum cleaners and working for publishers.

Literary agency

In 1933, he established a literary agency in

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, New York. Initially many of his clients were German refugees and other foreign authors.Rietra M: "Muß man dann immer postwendend Geld senden um überhaubt mit Ihnen verkehren zu können? Joseph Roth und Barthold Fles in Briefen", in Onderdelinden S: "Interbellum un Exil", page 199.

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, 1991.Ester, H
"Correspondentie Heinrich Mann-Barthold Fles: Soms waait er een gure wind uit de brieven, dan kan er geen groet vanaf"
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'', September 30, 1993 He organized evenings for these authors in New York, in order to get them acquainted with the American book market. From the 1940s onwards most of his clientele was from the United States. Fles was a special figure in the lives of many of his clients. He kept closely in touch, encouraged his authors to concentrate on their art, and arranged fellowships with literary funds. Still, some clients moved on to larger agencies, or were later represented by publishing houses, lawyers, or by themselves, often after long relationships. An exception was Anaïs Nin who left him soon after she joined his client circle, citing unorganized business conduct as a reason.Nin A: Fire. Harvest ,1996. . "Bonjour, friend, and good-bye, literary agent", she wrote to him. In biographical notes on Fles, however, she stated that he had refused to take on her boyfriend

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. Miller himself also had hard feelings, calling Fles dishonest and part of the publishing establishment. Fles was influential during several decades in getting blacklisted authors published. Barthold Fles wrote two juvenile books: ''Slavonic

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: the life of

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'' (1948) under the pseudonym Jan van Straaten (Van Straaten being his mother's maiden name) and ''

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'' (1973). He also wrote introductions to compilations and many articles and translated several books from German to English. Among the translations was another children's book,

Bambi's Children ''Bambi's Children: The Story of a Forest Family'' (german: Bambis Kinder: Eine Familie im Walde) is a 1939 coming-of-age novel written by Austrian author Felix Salten as a sequel to his 1923 work ''Bambi, a Life in the Woods''. Background The seq ...

.Lewis Buell E
A Fine Sequel to That Modern Classic, "Bambi"
. ''The New York Times'' December 3, 1939: BR105. His non-fictional writings and his translations received considerable praise, except for his book on Germany. This book was clearly outside his (music and literature) expertise and sealed his writing for publication, set aside an intro to ''More by Dell Shannon'' (1982), by his prolific client

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. Shannon, D (Linington, E): "More by Shannon". Doubleday, 1982.

Personal and legacy

In 1936 Barthold married Ruth Grünwald, a dancer at the

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who had been just one year in the United States. Ruth assisted Barthold at his literary agency. Later she left him. In 1986, at the age of 84, Fles closed his agency. Subsequently, he returned to his native Netherlands,"Agent Barthold Fles to retire to artists' colony near Amsterdam."

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228 (Nov. 29, 1985): p. 14 where he spent his last three years in Laren's Rosa Spier home for retired artists. At Rosa Spier he was approached by Madeleine Rietra, a Dutch expert on German literature, who posthumously published his letter exchange with clients

(bookchapter in 1991) and

(book in 1993),

: "Briefwechsel mit Barthold Fles". Aufbau, 1993. along with commentaries and biographical notes. Barthold Fles, a diabetic for several decades, died on December 19, 1989, aged 87.

Clients

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Publications

Books

Written

* 1948
Slavonic rhapsody: The life of

* 1973
East Germany
* 1993 - Briefwechsel mit Barthold Fles, 1942-1949 (with

; editor Madeleine Rietra)

Compiled

* 1948
The best short stories from
Collier's * 1949
Seven short novels from the

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* 1951 -

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br>western stories
* 1951 -

br>Fantasy Stories

Translated

* 1939 -

Music here and now
* 1939 -

Bambi's children ''Bambi's Children: The Story of a Forest Family'' (german: Bambis Kinder: Eine Familie im Walde) is a 1939 coming-of-age novel written by Austrian author Felix Salten as a sequel to his 1923 work ''Bambi, a Life in the Woods''. Background The seq ...

* 1943 -

In search of myself

Published

These German

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poetry books were published by Barthold Fles Verlag, New York * 1941 - Max Herrmann-Neisse: ''Letzte Gedichte'' * 1941 -

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: ''Fürchte dich nicht!'' Neue Gedichte * 1942 -

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: ''Der hellen Nächte'', Gedichte Aus Frankreich * 1942 - Max Hermann-Neisse: ''Mir bleibt mein Lied'', Auswahl aus unveröffentlichten Gedichten (posthumous publication)

Articles

Written

* 1928-09-15 - Chávez lights new music with old fires. ''

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'' 48 (22): 5 & 21. * 1932-05-18
The Price of Being Sensible.
''

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'' 134 (3489): 576. * 1934-07-04 - Now as a Story Teller. ''

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'': 216. (book review of Kaleidoscope by Stefan Zweig) * 1935-03-10
In Holland Writers Favor the Exotic.
''

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'': BR 8 & ?. * 1935-10-27
Van Gogh Letters and Other Dutch Books.
''The New York Times'': BR 8 & ?. * 1935-12-24

''The New York Times'': 61. * 1935-11-02
Rococo Italy in a Picaresque Novel.
''

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'' 8 (1): 12. * 1936
Literature in Exile.
''

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'' 9: 8, 101-102. * 1936-08-23
Holland Turns to the Historical Novel.
''The New York Times'': BR 8. * 1945-07-28
What Has Happened to Them Since? Reply."> What Has Happened to Them Since? Reply.

: 307. * 1950-06-04
A Literary Letter about Holland.
''The New York Times'': BR 11. * 1951-10 and 11 - The Literary Agent. ''

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'' 64 (10): 319-323, (11): 361-365. (also included in the book ''Briefwechsel mit Barthold Fles'')

Translated

* 1935 - Nettie Sutro: Biographical Note on the author in

: Mr. Aristotle

Biography

* Madeleine Rietra: "Der New Yorker Literaturagent Barthold Fles als Vermittler zwischen der alten und neuen Welt (1933-1945)" in Batts MS (ed.): ''Alte Welten - neue Welten, Akten des IX. Kongresses der Internationale Vereinigung für Germanische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft''.

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: Niemeyer, 1996, p. 164. . * Madeleine Rietra: "Heinrich Mann/Barthold Fles: Autor/Agent" in Würzner H, Kröhnke K (eds.): ''Deutsche Literatur im Exil in den Niederlanden 1933-1940.'' Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1994, p 151-162. . * Els Andringa (2012):
Mediatie en transfer van Duitse Exilliteratuur in Nederlandse setting; Over de rol van mediatoren met bijzondere aandacht voor de opkomst van literaire agenten
. ''Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde'', volume 128, p. 276.

References

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