Roy Fuller letters and poems, 1941-1942, n.d.

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Roy Fuller letters and poems, 1941-1942, n.d.

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On 26 December 1941, Fuller encloses a poem, "Royal Naval Air Station," and on 23 March 1942 encloses "Sonnet" and "Poem" in letters to Lehmann; in both letters he complains of the difficulty of writing in the barracks during World War II. The collection also contains five poems (four typescript and one holograph), all signed: "Goodbye for a long time," "Hedge-sparrows and house-sparrows," "Jowett's notebook," "Still at large," and "Variations."

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Lehmann, John, 1907-1987

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Epithet: writer and critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0001d8 John Lehmann was an English author, poet, journalist, editor, and publisher. He was founder and editor (1936-1950) of NEW WRITING, manager (1938-1946) of Hogarth Press, founder and director (1946-1952) of John Lehmann, Ltd. (publishers), founding editor (1953-1961) of LONDON MAGAZINE, and visiting professor at various universities. He al...

Fuller, Roy, 1912-1991

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Roy (Broadbent) Fuller (1912-1991), the poet, was born in Failsworth, Lancashire, educated at Blackpool High School, and later qualified as a solicitor. He joined the Woolwich Equitable Building Society in 1938 and became one of its directors in 1969. He was legal adviser to and vice-president of the Building Societies Association, and at one time a governor of the BBC. His lectures as Oxford Professor of Poetry (1968-1973) were published under the titles Owls and artificers (London, 1971) and P...