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==Notable Achievements==
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==Description==
  
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Cofounder of the LGBTQ author's group 'Violet Quill'.  Author of several novels before dying of AIDS.  His work explores the uneasy integration of homosexuality and traditional American upper middle class values.  Books include 'The Others' (1977), 'The Family of Max Desir' (1983), 'The Blue Star' (1985), and 'Second Son' (1988).  In 1988, the Ferro-Grumley Awards for LGBT fiction were created in his and his partner [[Michael Grumley]]'s honor.
  
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==See Also==
  
==Description==
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* [[The Violet Quill Author's Group]]
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==Further Reading/Research==
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* https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/402060.Robert_Ferro
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* https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/12/obituaries/robert-ferro-46-dies-wrote-books-on-family.html
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* https://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/2191523.html
  
Cofounder of 'Violet Quill', author of several novels before dying of Aids. In 1988, the Ferro-Grumley Awards for LGBT fiction were created in his and Michael Grumley's honor.
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Latest revision as of 12:25, 12 March 2019

Robert Ferro

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1941 - 1988

Occupation

Writer

Description

Cofounder of the LGBTQ author's group 'Violet Quill'. Author of several novels before dying of AIDS. His work explores the uneasy integration of homosexuality and traditional American upper middle class values. Books include 'The Others' (1977), 'The Family of Max Desir' (1983), 'The Blue Star' (1985), and 'Second Son' (1988). In 1988, the Ferro-Grumley Awards for LGBT fiction were created in his and his partner Michael Grumley's honor.

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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