Anna Kavan letters and reviews, 1956-1962.

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Anna Kavan letters and reviews, 1956-1962.

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The collection consists of nine items, including: five signed, typewritten letters from Anna Kavan to Derek Gardner, her sometime agent, undated [1956?], discussing various publishing concerns; two letters to Gardner from Scorpion Press, 24 April 1962 and 24 March 1962, both discussing the details of publishing Anna Kavan's novella, Who are you? Also, outline of a proposal for a novel by Anna Kavan, Who are you?, with evaluation of publication possibilities, presumably by a reader for eventual publisher Scorpion Press; typescript of a review of Anna Kavan's novel, A scarcity of love, by Edwin Muir in the Observer, 22 July 1956, titled Among the lost. The review is guardedly positive, and includes a handwritten response by Anna Kavan.

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Kavan, Anna, 1901-1968

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Author, artist, and interior decorator Anna Kavan published early, romantic novels under her real name, Helen Ferguson. She eventually adopted the pseudonym Anna Kavan--taken from the name of one of her own characters--to produce powerful, confessional stories reflecting her own turbulent life, which included emotional and psychological problems, and more than thirty years of heroin addiction. From the description of Anna Kavan letters and reviews, 1956-1962. (Pennsylvania State Univ...

Scorpion Press

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Peter Porter was born and educated in Brisbane, Australia, and worked as a reporter before coming to England in 1951. He worked in advertising, and after 1968 was a freelance writer, broadcaster, journalist, lecturer and visiting professor. He was the author of many volumes of poetry as well as radio plays and articles in newspapers and magazines. From the description of Requests for publication data on Peter Porter's books, and letter, 1985 June 15. (Pennsylvania State University Li...

Gardner, Derek (Derek George Montague)

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