Eudora Welty letters and poem, 1941-1970.

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Eudora Welty letters and poem, 1941-1970.

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The collection consists of five typed letters from Welty, together with three replies, and a fine print version of a poem. Including three letters to Edna Frederikson, with Frederikson's replies, Oct. 1941-Mar. 1942, chatty, friendly letters of their lives, work, and mutual friends; to Mr. T. Tambimuttu, 18 Aug. 1955, wishing him luck with a new journal but lamenting that she has nothing to contribute at present; to Mr. Poore, undated, thanking him for his favorable review of "Music from Spain" and the positive reaction it has generated. Also, a fine print copy of the 1957 poem A flock of guinea hens seen from a car, published as New Year's greeting by Albondocani Press in December 1970. Limited to three hundred copies, with cover drawing by Robert Dunn.

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Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001

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American author. From the description of Typed letter signed : Jackson, Miss., to Charles Ryskamp, Director of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1985 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875021 The short story writer and novelist Eudora Alice Welty was born on April 13, 1909, in Jackson, Miss. In 1946 she published Delta wedding, her first novel. Her novel The optimist's daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1969. She was a lecturer and writer-in-residence at numerous colleges....

Tambimuttu, 1915-

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Born in the village of Atchuveli, in the Jaffna peninsula of northern Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), 15 August, 1915, Tambimuttu was raised as a Christian Tamil, and educated at St Joseph’s College, Colombo, a Catholic institution, where English was the medium of instruction. Although in later life Tambimuttu took an increasing interest in his Hindu and Tamil heritage, English was Tambimuttu’s first language, and he looked to London to further his literary aspirations. Tambimuttu’s fa...

Frederikson, Edna

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Author, poet, and professor of history and English. From the description of Papers. 1941-1972. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 44078939 Edna Tutt Frederikson was born in Everton, Arkansas, on January 23, 1904, to David Walker and Britia Martia McNair Tutt; her family later relocated to Arkansas City, Kansas. President of her senior class and editor of the school yearbook, she graduated from Arkansas City High School in 1922. In June 1923,...

Albondocani Press

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Poore, Charles, 1902-

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American author Charles Poore was born in Mexico and educated at Yale. He wrote various pieces for the New York Times, and is probably best remembered for his outstanding work on the New York Times Book Review, where he wrote daily reviews for years as well as holding editorial positions. He also published a biography of Goya, and edited the successful Hemingway reader. From the description of Charles Poore letters received from various authors, 1933-1968, undated. (Pennsylvania Stat...