New Mexico D.H. Lawrence Festival Records 1955-1981 1969-1971, 1979-1981
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New Mexico D.H. Lawrence Festival.
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D.H. (David Herbert) Lawrence, famed author, was involved in the Taos art colony in New Mexico. In 1970, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his death, the New Mexico D.H. Lawrence Festival was held in Taos from Oct. 1-5. The festival was sponsored jointly by the University of New Mexico and a committee of Taos residents. Most of the money for the event was obtained from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the New Mexico Arts Commission. The Festival included exhibits of original La...
Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930
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David Herbert Richards Lawrence was born September 11, 1885, in Eastwood, near Nottingham, to Arthur Lawrence, a coal miner, and Lydia Beardsall. He attended Nottingham University College, and in 1908 he took a teaching position at Davidson Road School in Croydon. Lawrence wrote in his spare time, and in 1911, with the help of Ford Maddox Hueffer, he published his first novel, The White Peacock . Poor health forced him to resign his teaching job this same year, at which time he bec...
