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Richard Amory (October 18, 1927, Halfway, OR – August 1, 1981, San Jose,
CA), born Richard Wallace Love, was an American writer. He obtained a
bachelor's degree in sociology from Ohio State University, a M.A. in Spanish
from San Francisco State University, and began an uncompleted Ph.D. in Spanish
at University of California, Berkeley.[1]
A high school teacher by profession, he achieved success as a novelist in the
late 1960s while still a graduate student and before coming out.[2]
Amory is best known for his 1966 novel Song of the Loon: A Gay Pastoral
in Five Books and an Interlude and its two sequels, Song of Aaron
and Listen, the Loom Sings....[3]
Variously described as "a gay American version of famous sixteenth-century
Spanish pastoral novels"[4]
and "a gay version of The Last of the Mohicans,"[5]
Song of the Loon is now considered "one of the most important gay books
of the 20th century."[6]
An estimated one third of American gay men have read the novel.[7]
It was adapted as an erotic film in 1970 without Amory's involvement and much
to his disgust.[8]
Amory briefly partnered with fellow authors
Dirk Vanden, Phil
Andros, Peter Tuesday Hughes,
Larry Townsend, and
Douglas Dean in an attempt to found the first all-gay publishing company,
which was to be called The Renaissance Group. The group was unable to secure
funding for the attempt and several of its members ceased publishing shortly
thereafter.[9]
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