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    • Robert M. Coates

    Art critic, novelist, short story writer (1897–1973)

    Robert M. Coates

    BornRobert Myron Coates
    April 6, 1897 (1897-04-06)
    New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
    DiedFebruary 8, 1973 (1973-02-09) (aged 75)
    New York City, U.S.
    OccupationWriter, art critic
    EducationYale University
    Literary movementLost Generation

    Robert Myron Coates (April 6, 1897 – February 8, 1973) was an American novelist, short story writer and art critic. He published five novels; one classic historical work, The Outlaw Years (1930) which deals with the history of the land pirates of the Natchez Trace; a book of memoirs, The View from Here (1960), and two travel books, Beyond the Alps (1962) and South of Rome (1965). During his unusually varied career, Coates explored many different genres and styles of writing and produced three highly remarkable experimental novels, The Eater of Darkness (1926), Yesterday’s Burdens (1933) and The Bitter Se