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Robert Gruntal Nathan (January 2, 1894–May 25, 1985) was an American novelist and poet. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

Nathan was born into a prominent New York family. The City of New York He was educated in the United States and Switzerland and attended Harvard University for several years beginning in 1912. It was there that he began writing short fiction and poetry. However, he never graduated, choosing instead to drop out and take a job at an advertising firm to support his family. (He married while a junior at Harvard. ) It was while working in 1919 that he wrote his first novel—the semi-autobiographical work Peter Kindred—which was a critical failure. But his luck soon changed during the 1920s, when he wrote seven more novels, including The Bishop's Wife, which was later made into a successful film starring Cary Grant, David Niven, and Loretta Young. The Bishop's Wife ( 1947) is an RKO romantic comedy Feature film starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983 was an English Academy Award -winning Actor probably best known for his role as the punctuality-obsessed Loretta Young ( January 6, 1913 &ndash August 12, 2000) was an American actress

During the 1930s, his success continued with more works, including fictional pieces and poetry. The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. In 1940 he wrote his most successful book, Portrait of Jennie, about a Depression-era artist and the woman he is painting, who is slipping through time. Portrait of Jennie is considered a modern masterpiece of fantasy fiction and was made into a film, starring Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten. Portrait of Jennie is a 1948 Fantasy film based on the novella by Robert Nathan. Jennifer Jones may refer to Jennifer Jones (actor (born 1919 eponym of Jennifer Robin Jones is an Academy Award-winning American actress Joseph Cheshire Cotten ( May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American Actor of stage and Film

Many of Nathan's stories seem to have an other-worldly air about them, though he was never classed as a writer of science fiction as much as a writer of fantasy.

Mr. Nathan's seventh wife was the British actress Anna Lee, to whom he was married from 1970 until his death. For the 1994 television series see Anna Lee (TV series Anna Lee, MBE (2 January 1913 – 14 May 2004 born Joan Boniface Winnifrith, was He came from a talented family — the activist Maud Nathan and author Annie Nathan Meyer were his aunts, and the poet Emma Lazarus and Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo his cousins. Maud Nathan ( October 20 1862 - December 15 1946) was an American Social worker, labor activist and Suffragist for women's Annie Nathan Meyer ( February 19, 1867 – September 23, 1951) was an American author and promoter of the higher education of women Emma Lazarus ( July 22, 1849 &ndash November 19, 1887) was an American Poet born in New York City. Benjamin Nathan Cardozo ( May 24, 1870 &ndash July 9, 1938) was a well-known American Lawyer and Jurist, remembered

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