Correspondence concerning preparations for a forthcoming book of photographs of Jankel Adler's paintings: Tambimuttu to Adler (3 August, 1945); Tambimuttu to Art Museum, Tel Aviv (5 October, 1945); Tambimuttu to Messrs Churchill & Chapman [sic] (25 October, 1945); Churchill, Clapham & Co...
Brief letter (19 March, 1946) from Helen Scott to Aiken (in Rye, Sussex) enclosing galley proofs (not present) of The Soldier (Editions Poetry London, 1946) for correction and return.
Correspondence concerning possible publication of a novel ('Mermaids in Lucknow') and an anthology of Urdu poetry in translation ('The Falcon and the Hunted'), as follows: Ali to Tambimuttu (airgraph, 3 November, 1944); Ali to Tambimuttu (airgraph, 10 November, 1944); Tambimuttu to Ali (16 Janu...
Letter (6 March, 1946) from Allan enquiring about the prospect of employment and the possibility of Poetry London publishing a volume of poems. With a reply (14 March, 1946) from Tambimuttu that he has 'no vacancies' but would be happy to consider Allan's manuscript.
Letter (dated 24 March, without year) from Allison to Tambimuttu, submitting twenty poems for consideration, all but one in typescript (each poem dated, spanning 1941-1943). The first poem listed in Allison's contents list ('Come Let Us Pity Death') is not present. The letter refers in passing to...
Brief letter in manuscript (without date) from Allott to Tambimuttu, together with a poem in typescript ('The Memory of Yeats') published Poetry London, 2:8 (1942), pp. 66-67. Allott asks Tambimuttu to use 'Ode in Wartime', payment for which is to be used 'as a subscription to your paper'. 'Ode i...
Undated letter from a contributor submitting a number of poems for consideration. The contributor chose to remain anonymous and published several numbered 'Odes' ('First', 'Second', 'Fourth', 'Sixth', 'Seventh') under the name 'Anonymous' in Poetry London, 2:9 (1943). In addition to the coveri...
M J T Tambimuttu: Appleton, Joan (regarding Keith Douglas)
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Letter (typescript, 18 August, 1944) to Tambimuttu advising that she has no recent photographs of Keith Douglas but has written to Mrs Douglas suggesting some old photographs.