Macdougall, Allan Ross, 1893-....

Vincent Sheean was an American journalist, novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.

From the guide to the Vincent Sheean collection of papers, 1929]-1973, 1938-1959, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.)

Allan Ross Macdougall, an American writer born in 1893, lived and worked in Paris in the 1920's His subjects were wide in range, from the performing arts to the decorative arts for the periodical Arts and Decoration, and sometimes perfume and make-up for the magazines Charm and Beauty. A member of Isadora Duncan's circle, he wrote an essay entitled “Isadora: an essay in the biography of an American dancer” which was eventually published in 1960 as Isadora; a revolutionary in art and love. With Irma Duncan, he co-wrote a partial biography of Isadora Duncan entitled Isadora Duncan's life in Soviet Russia and her last years, published in 1929.

From the guide to the Allan Ross Macdougall collection, 1922-1956, (The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.)

Epithet: writer

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