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Prizes
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1966
Back cover(?) of Faber Books catalogue(?) for 1966. The inside cover has a statement on the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, including Silkin winning the prize in 1966 for 'Nature With Man'.
Reviews of Poems New and Selected
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1966-1968
Photocopies of reviews of 'Poems New and Selected' as published by Wesleyan University Press from various newspapers and periodicals in the United States. Includes reviews by Ralph J. Mills Jr ('Poetr...
Letter to Mr Harding
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1966
Photocopied typescripts drafts of a letter addressed to Mr Harding, dated 12 May 1966, in which Silkin responds to points he raises in response to an essay on Rosenberg written by Silkin. Details of t...
Poems New and Selected
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1965-1968
Papers relating to the collection 'Poems New and Selected'. The collection draws on Silkin's four books of verse, The Peaceable Kingdom (1954), The Two Freedoms (1957), The Re-Ordering of the Stones (...
Copy Recording: Poems
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
[c.1963-1966]
This audiocassette comprises copies of audio recordings originally held on reel-to-reel tape. Side 1 is a copy of Poetry Room tape MS 1720/2/60, a British Council recording made in 1966 of Jon Silkin ...
Correspondence
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1980
Typescript correspondence between Jon Silkin and Nilli Cohen at the Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature Ltd. (April-September 1980); and between Silkin and Ran Kedar, Director General o...
Anthology of Modern Hebrew Poets
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1966-1968
This subseries comprises papers relating to a proposed anthology of modern Hebrew poets in English translation. Includes ms and typescript drafts and translations; and a small amount of correspondence...
The Unresolved Conflict: Reference Material
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1990-1991
Photocopied articles and essays used by Silkin in his research for The Life of Metrical and Free Verse. Includes Silkin's 'An Idea of 'Moses' and Martin Taylor's' '
Out of Battle Drafts (2)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1962-1966
Ms notes in a hand other than Silkin's (possibly Catherine Lamb), listing significant events during the First World War and the immediate pre- and post-war periods; annotated typescript index (?) of n...
Resource Material, Etc. (1)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1945-1980
Items collected by Silkin as resource/background material for 'The Penguin Book of First World War Prose.' Includes ms notes on writers to include (on back of an envelope); a carbon copy typescript of...
Personalia
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1947-1997
2 boxes containing mixed personal items and papers belonging to Jon Silkin. Includes the following: - Diaries for 1966 (letters inserted, incl. Lionel Miskin, Falmouth School of Art), 1977-78, 1979,...