Robert Deane Pharr

Robert Deane Pharr (1916–1989[1] or 1992[2]) was an African-American novelist.[3][4]

Pharr attended Saint Paul's Normal and Industrial School, Lincoln University, Virginia Union University and Fisk University,[2] but spent most of his career working as a waiter.[1] He described his goal when he started writing as to be a "black Sinclair Lewis".[2][3] He is best known for his debut novel The Book of Numbers (1969), about the numbers racket, which was adapted into a 1973 film of the same name.[1][5]

References

1. "The Book of Numbers". University of Virginia Press. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
2. Roberts, John J. "Robert Deane Pharr (1916–1992)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
3. O'Brien, John; Singh, Raman K. (1974). "Interview with Robert Deane Pharr". Negro American Literature Forum. 8 (3): 244. doi:10.2307/3041467. JSTOR 3041467.
4. Epps, Garrett (1976). "To Know the Truth: The Novels of Robert Deane Pharr". Hollins Critic. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
5. "Robert Deane Pharr (1916-1992), from The Oxford Companion to African-American Literature". Oxford Reference. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 June 2020.