Background
Littell, Robert was born on May 15, 1896 in Milwaukee. Son of Philip and Fanny Merriam (Whittemore) Littell.
Littell, Robert was born on May 15, 1896 in Milwaukee. Son of Philip and Fanny Merriam (Whittemore) Littell.
Preparatory education Groton School. Studied at Harvard.
Associate editor New Republic, 1922-1927. Dramatic critic New York Evening Post, 1927-1929. Dramatic critic and columnist New York World, 1929-1931.
Associate editor Reader’s Digest, 1927-1942, senior editor, since 1942. War correspondent, England, France, 1944, roving editor, Europe, 1949-1963.
Club: Century (New York.
Married Anita Blaine Damrosch, November 8, 1924. Children: Blaine, Alisa Damrosch, Walter Damrosch, Philip.