Robert Littell
Robert Littell was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 8, 1935, to a Jewish family, of Russian Jewish origin. He is a 1956 graduate of Alfred University in western New York. He spent four years in the U.S. Navy and served at times as his ship's navigator, antisubmarine warfare officer, communications officer, and deck watch officer.
Later Littell became a journalist and worked many years for Newsweek during the Cold War. He was a foreign correspondent for the magazine from 1965 to 1970.
Littell is an amateur mountain climber and is the father of award-winning novelist Jonathan Littell and painter Jesse Littell. His brother, Alan Littell (1929-2024), was also an author and journalist.
He is the brother-in-law of the French writer Bernard du Boucheron (1928-2024).
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