Contains papers relating to the establishment and running of the T. S. Eliot Prize, first awarded in 1994 for the best new collection of poetry published in 1993.
T. S. Eliot Prize 1994 – organisation, planning, and funding
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Includes correspondence relating to the shortlist, funding and sponsorship, and the award ceremony. Correspondents include Valerie Eliot, T. S. Eliot’s widow. Also includes a full list of entrants, the Prize report and accounts, publicity leaflet/poster, press releases, information on the shortli...
T. S. Eliot Prize 1995-1996 – organisation, planning, and funding
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Contains correspondence and papers relating to the shortlist, funding and sponsorship, and the award ceremony for the 1995 prize. Also includes the proposal for the 1995 prize, a study booklet, lists of submitted books, press releases and an announcement to publishers, a ballot papers, a shortlis...
Contains correspondence and papers relating to the award. The 1995 prize was won by Mark Doty for My Alexandria and the 1996 prize was won by Les Murray for Subhuman Redneck Poems.