Edith Sitwell letter and telegram to Ella Maillart, 1949 December 17.

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Edith Sitwell letter and telegram to Ella Maillart, 1949 December 17.

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Letter and telegram from Edith Sitwell to writer Ella Maillart, offering her condolences on the death of poet and mystic Lewis Thompson, Maillart's friend. Sitwell praises Thompson as a genius, and expresses interest in including one of his poems, "Rose," in a future anthology.

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Washington State University, Holland and Terrell Libraries

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Washington State University, Holland and Terrell Libraries

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Maillart, Ella Katherine, 1903-1997

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Ella Maillart was born to a wealthy fur trader from Geneva. Her father was Swiss and her mother was Danish. At the age of 20 she and a friend sailed from Cannes to Corsica, then to Sardinia, Sicily and Greece. She competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics as a sailor in the Olympic monotype competition where she was the only female competitor and finished ninth out of 17. From the 1930s onwards she spent years exploring Muslim republics of the USSR, as well as other parts of Asia, and published a ri...

Thompson, Lewis, 1909-1949

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An English poet who traveled to India as a young man and remained there until his death. From the description of Papers, 1933-1984. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853390 Lewis Levien Thompson was born on January 13, 1909 in Fulham, England. He spent his childhood in north London with two younger sisters. He received a good conventional education in private schools, and though he did not excel in academic areas, he was a good singer and acco...