Kirsch, Robert R., 1922-1980

Robert R. Kirsch (1922-1980) was the Los Angeles Times book critic for many years and a Santa Barbara area resident. He produced thousands of columns, book reviews, and essays, and also wrote fiction, sometimes under pseudonyms of Rorbert Dundee and Robert Bancroft. his works include: "In the Wrong Rain" (1959)," Madeleine Austrian" (1960), "Aldous Huxley", 1894-1963, and "Address at a Memorial Meeting Held in the School of Library Service", February 27, 1964, with Lawrence Clark Powell and Jacob Zeitlin (1964), "The Wars of Pardon" (1965), "West of the West: Witnesses to the California Experience", 1542-1906; "The Story of California from the Conquistadores to the Great Earthquake" (1967), Lives, Works, & Transformations : A Quarter Century of Book Reviews and Essays"(1979). Kirsch died in Santa Barbara, CA on Aug. 16 1980.

From the description of Robert R. Kirsch Collection, [ca. 1970s] (University of California, Santa Barbara). WorldCat record id: 61888613

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