T.S. Eliot letters, poem, and award, 1942-1987.

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T.S. Eliot letters, poem, and award, 1942-1987.

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The collection contains seven letters and one Christmas card from, one printed poem by, six clippings about T.S. Eliot, and one certificate award. Eliot writes to Werner J. Milch, 3 December 1942, suggesting he call Eliot's secretary for an appointment and about his willingness to discuss publishing a book on Hofmannsthal [with six clippings about Eliot in German]. He writes on Faber and Faber letterhead to Stefan Schimanski, 23 May 1946, concerning poems published in German periodicals without permission; to Vernon Watkins, 1 April 1947, about publishing Watkins' translation from the German of Heine's poems; to Dr. Kurt H. Hansen, 1 June 1948, about the difficulty in translating English verse into German and declining to authorize another translation of his own poems. He writes to Anne Munro-Kerr, Society of Authors/League of Dramatists, 14 October 1953, about foreign producers for his play, The Confidential clerk, and 16 October 1958, concerning the foreign language rights of his play, The Elder statesman; to M. Elizabeth Barber, League of Dramatists, 6 November 1958, seeking advice about anti-German alterations in the English translation of a German play by Gerhard Hauptmann. Also, a printed Christmas keepsake, 1987, of Eliot's poem, "The cultivation of Christmas trees;" one Faber and Faber Christmas card signed by Eliot, 1950; and his 1955 certificate of award of the Hanseatic-Goethe Prize.

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Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965

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Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), a poet, critic, editor, and playwright, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He received a B. A. in 1909 and an M. A. in 1910 from Harvard, where he also pursued a doctoral degree in philosophy. In 1915, he married Vivienne (Vivien) Haigh-Wood. He completed his dissertation in 1916 while living in England and submitted it to Harvard, but was unable to defend it. He was literary editor of the avant-garde magazine The Egoist. In the Spring 1917, he publishe...

Hansen, Kurt Heinrich

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German translator. From the description of Letters, 1950-1951. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 212627781 ...

Schimanski, Stefan.

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Watkins, Vernon Phillips, 1906-1967

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Vernon Phillips Watkins was born in Wales, and lived nearly his entire life near Swansea. He had written poetry since his youth, and attended Cambridge University for one year before leaving, ultimately taking a job with Lloyd's bank as a clerk. After a serious breakdown, he took a job at a different branch of Lloyd's, staying until he retired in 1966, but refusing advancement--he remained a clerk in order to devote time to his poetry. He became a close friend of Dylan Thomas, and published indi...

Milch, Werner, 1903-1950

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Munro-Kerr, Anne,

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