Contains correspondence with festival staff and proforma contract letters sent to participants in the festival setting out the event they were being invited to participate in and their fee. These contract letters are arranged alphabetically by participant. Some letters have been signed by the par...
Contains correspondence and papers relating to the genesis of the idea of the festival, suggestions for the form and content of the festival, and the moves made to plan the event. Includes a notice of fraternal greetings from El Ateneo de Caracas.
Contains papers relating to the commissioning of new poetry for the festival by Guinness. The poets commissioned were: Thomas Blackburn, Austin Clarke, Michael Hamburger, Ted Hughes, Patrick Kavanagh, Norman MacCaig, Richard Murphy, Sylvia Plath, William Plomer, Hal Summers, R. S. Thomas, and Lau...