Sacheverell Sitwell letter to Janko Lavrin, 1941 October 30.

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Sacheverell Sitwell letter to Janko Lavrin, 1941 October 30.

Autograph letter, signed, to literary critic Janko Lavrin, acknowledging receipt of Lavrin's letter. Sitwell discusses several topics, including their families, the death of their mutual friend Helen Rootham while in Paris with Sitwell's sister Edith, and his brother Osbert's dream of "the Icelander."

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Sitwell family.

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Lavrin, Janko, 1887-1986

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Janko Lavrin (1887-1986) was a Slovene scholar of Russian literature who was professor of Russian at the University of Nottingham From the guide to the Nikolai Gogol: a study of his mind and work, by Janko Lavrin, 1967, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) ...

Sitwell, Sacheverell

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Sitwell was a poet, critic and author of volumes of verses. He died in 1988. From the description of The parrot's voice snaps out=No good to contradict=What he says he'll say again: Dry facts, like biscuits, = : calligraphed illustration. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863289 Sacheverell Sitwell was an English author and critic. Born into an aristocratic and gifted family, he joined with his brother Osbert and sister Edith to help change the tastes of British society in a...