Papers of Murray Bail, 1950-2001. 1950-2001.

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Papers of Murray Bail, 1950-2001. 1950-2001.

The collection includes correspondence, handwritten drafts, typescripts, notes and newspaper cuttings relating to his books Contemporary portraits and other short stories, Homesickness, Ian Fairweather and Eucalyptus. There are also papers relating to 'Healing', a short story from the Winter's tales 25 and 'Home ownership', a short story published in Quadrant (vol. 24, nos. 1-2, 1980). The main correspondents include David Ireland, Frank Moorehouse, Anita Brookner, Pierre Ryckmans, David Foster, Nicholas Jose, Michael Hulse, Les Murray, John Button, Bettina Arndt, Roger McDonald, Geoffrey Dutton, Hilary McPhee, Ian Fairweather and Macmillan publishers.

66 cm. (4 boxes) + 1 folio box.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7027867

Libraries Australia

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Brookner, Anita

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English author and professor of art history; b. 1928. From the description of Anita Brookner collection, 1972-1997. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70926382 English novelist, art historian, and critic. From the description of Anita Brookner Notebooks, ca. 1986-1994. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 124561294 ...

Ireland, David, 1927-....

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Writer. Ireland first became known for his play 'Image in the clay' (1958). Among his novels are the Miles Franklin award winners The unknown industrial prisoner (1971), The glass canoe (1976) and A woman of the future (1979). From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225787201 ...

Bail, Murray, 1941-....

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Author. Murray Bail's published works include Homesickness (1980), Holden's performance (1987), Longhand, a writer's notebook (1989), Ian Fairweather (1981) and Eucalyptus (1999). He has won a number of literary prizes, including National Book Council and Age Book of the Year Awards (1980), and Miles Franklin Award and Commonwealth Writers' Prize (1999). See also The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, pp. 7172. From the description of Papers of Murray Bail, 1950-2001. 1950-20...