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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)17
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Silkin, Jon, 1930-19971

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Archive File

Poems in Periodicals, Etc.: 1950s-1960s

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1958-1965

Four copies of 'Reconstructionist' v. XXIV, no. 16 (December 1958) with Silkin's poem 'The Victims;' one copy of 'Stand,' v. 4, no. 2 [early 1960s] with poem 'To Tamasin, Aged 6' (also with contributi...

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Uncollected Poems and Drafts: 1950s-1960s

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1954-1966

Ms and typescript poems, drafts and workings dating to the 1950s and 1960s. The vast majority of the poems in this series are uncollected, although there are some drafts and workings which relate to p...

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Prose, Criticism, Reviews: 1950s-1960s

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1953-1970

This series comprises drafts of prose, criticism and reviews written by Jon Silkin in the 1950s and early 1960s, and includes ms and typescript drafts. The subject matter includes the contemporary lit...

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Poem Drafts (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1950s - early 1960s

Typescript drafts of poems published in 'The Peaceable Kingdom': 'No Land Like It;'

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Drama and Radio

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1955-1960

This file contains drafts of short plays that may have been intended as radio plays, including an ms draft of a semi-autobiographical play based around Jon Silkin's school days and evacuation to Dolau...

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Semi-Autobiographical Novels

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1954-1958

This file contains items relating to draft unpublished semi-autobiographical novels written by Jon Silkin in the mid-1950s. Includes a carbon copy typescript (88 pp) of [part of] a novel apparently ba...

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Mixed Prose and Criticism (3)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1959-1964

Annotated typescript draft translation of the Ungaretti poem 'Rivers;' typescript draft essay titled 'Journalists;' carbon copy typescript essay titled 'Readerships,' concerning audiences and the read...

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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,...

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Press Cuttings: Contemporary Poetry (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1973-1987

Press cuttings and photocopied articles collected by Jon Silkin, largely relating to contemporary poetry. Includes short photocopied articles (ca. 1973-1981) with references to Silkin; photocopied rev...

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Readings, Courses, Etc.

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1954-1965

Items relating to readings, lecturing and similar activities undertaken by Silkin in the 1950s and early 1960s. Includes Silkin's ms notes on running order for a reading at Epsom (20/3/54); ms note on...

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Mixed Prose and Criticism (4)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1953-1961

Ms and typescript drafts of essays and articles by Jon Silkin. Includes an ms draft of an autobiographical essay on his school days at Dolaucothi in Carmarthenshire (written partly on the versos of ty...

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Literary papers and correspondence of Jon Silkin

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

ca. 1947-2003

Jon Silkin, the writer and editor, was born in 1930 in London. He was educated at Wycliffe and Dulwich Colleges before being expelled for truancy, and did National Service as a Sergeant Instructor in ...

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