Barthold Fles

Barthold Fles
Barthold Fles
Born	February 7, 1902; Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	December 19, 1989 (aged 87); Laren, Netherlands
Pen name	Jan van Straaten
Occupation	literary agent; author; translator; editor; publisher;
Genre	non-fiction; juvenile;
Subject	music; literature;
Notable works	books: Slavonic rhapsody, Briefwechsel; translations: Music here and now, Bambi's children; articles: Chávez lights new music with old fires, Literature in exile
Spouse	Ruth Grünwald (div.)
Relatives	Louis Fles (father); George Fles (brother); Michael John Fles (nephew); Bart Berman (nephew); Helen Berman (w. of nephew); Thijs Berman (grandnephew); Giorgio van Straten; (first cousin once removed);

Barthold "Bart" Fles (February 7, 1902 – December 19, 1989) was a Dutch-American literary agent, author, translator, editor and publisher. Among his many clients were Elias Canetti, Raymond Loewy, Heinrich Mann, Joseph Roth, Felix Salten, Ignazio Silone, Bruno Walter and Arnold Zweig.

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