Collection of Materials Relating to Frederic Prokosch, ca. 1929-1965

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Collection of Materials Relating to Frederic Prokosch, ca. 1929-1965

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Frederic Prokosch (1908-1989) published novels and books of poetry, including (1935), (1936), (1937, winner of the Harper Prize), (1944), (1968), and (1983). The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and a bibliography of Prokosch compiled at UCLA for a course in bibliography. Manuscripts consist of , (1929), and (1930). The Asiatics The assassins The seven who fled Chosen poems The Missolonghi manuscript Voices: a memoir The lonely unicorn Death in autumn Cupid's whirligig, and Hecate's house

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Prokosch, Frederic, 1908-1989

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Frederic Prokosch (1908-1989), poet and novelist, was born in Madison, Wisconsin, on 17 May 1908. He spent his childhood in the United States, Germany, France and Austria, and attended Haverford College and Yale. His most famous work is his first novel, The Asiatics (1935). He also wrote poetry, translations and an autobiography. From the early 1930s, Prokosch printed copies of his own work and that of other writers. He was involved in a forgery scandal following the Sotheby's sale of his pamphl...