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Add MS 88918/17/1
- Record Id:
- 040-000374606
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000374435
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000177.0x0001b0
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88918/17/1
- Title:
- Correspondence and notes
- Scope & Content:
- Partly typewritten and partly autograph correspondence (with some enclosures) sent to Ted Hughes and Daniel Weissbort by individuals and organisations in connection with their work as editors of the journal, Modern Poetry in Translation. The majority of the letters were sent to Hughes by Weissbort, but other correspondents include Janos Csokits, Per Henrik Friis, Eric White (Arts Council GB), Paul Tabori, David Rokeah, Thor Vilhjalmsson, Guy Le Clercq, M. Mindlin (editor of Censorship), Atlantic Monthly Press, Thomas Kabdebo (Anthology of Hungarian Poetry in English translation), Miroslav Holub and Zaituna Umer. Letters sent to Weissbort by R.P. Ahleen, Erich Fried and Penguin publishers; to Hughes by his sister, Olwyn and an annotated draft of points of a possible agreement about the publication of Modern Poetry in Translation by Jonathan Cape Ltd are included. Drafts of a piece written by Hughes as an introduction to Modern Poetry in Translation (1982) and a letter sent to Hughes about translations of the poetry of Pablo Neruda by W.S. Merwin are also included.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000374435
036-000374604
037-000374605
040-000374606 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88918 : Edward James Hughes Papers
Add MS 88918/17-26 : Translation
Add MS 88918/17/1-3 : Modern Poetry in Translation
Add MS 88918/17/1 : Correspondence and notes - Hierarchy:
- 032-000374435[0004]/036-000374604[0001]/037-000374605[0001]/040-000374606
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88918
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Icelandic - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1956
- End Date:
- 1982
- Date Range:
- 7 Jul 1956-[1982]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Arrangement:
- Arranged chronologically with undated letters placed at the end of the sequence
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Hughes, Olwyn Marguerite, literary agent, 1928-2016