Truman Capote and Irving Rosenthal correspondence, 1957.

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Truman Capote and Irving Rosenthal correspondence, 1957.

Three letters from Truman Capote to Irving Rosenthal, editor of The Chicago Review, and carbon copies of Rosenthal's replies. The letters concern arrangements for Capote's 1957 visit to the University of Chicago for a public reading at the invitation of the Chicago Review.

.1 linear foot (1 folder)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8147999

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Capote, Truman, 1924-1984

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED American author. From the guide to the Truman Capote ephemera Collection, 1949-1988., (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Truman Capote (1924- ), American author. From the description of Truman Capote papers, 1939-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476609 Truman Capote is an American writer. From the description of Truman Capote fonds. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 667848368...

Rosenthal, Irving, 1930-....

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Irving Rosenthal edited THE CHICAGO REVIEW in the late 1950s. He succeeded in publishing poetry by Jack Kerouac, prose from Edward Dahlberg, and the first parts of William Burroughs' NAKED LUNCH before the University of Chicago censored his editorial practice. Rosenthal and a colleague then started their own magazine, BIG TABLE, which survived only briefly. Its few issues did, however, connect Rosenthal both to the Dahlberg circle and with the Beats. His move to New York in the late 1950s led to...