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- 1944-1985 (Creation)
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Correspondence of Gweno Lewis with regard to the life and work of Alun Lewis and which involves John Pikoulis's research into the same, comprising:
Photocopied letter, 6 March 1944, to Gweno Lewis from Alun Lewis's commanding officer, (then) Lieutenant-Colonel Robin S. Cresswell, informing Gweno of Lewis's death.
Photocopied undated letters to Gweno Lewis from poet, writer and critic Robert Graves, which largely discuss Graves's proposed foreword to Ha! Ha! Among the Trumpets, a posthumous anthology of Alun Lewis's poetry published in 1945 (see, for example: https://www.harringtonbooks.co.uk/pages/books/58551/alun-lewis-robert-graves-foreword/ha-ha-among-the-trumpets-poems-in-transit). With annotations in what appears to be John Pikoulis's hand.
Photocopied letters and card, 1944 and undated, from Gweno Lewis to Robert Graves, also largely discussing Graves's foreword to Ha! Ha! Among the Trumpets.
Photocopied transcripts by Alun John of letters, 1944, 1946 and undated, from Gweno Lewis to novelist, poet and literary historian Glyn Jones, with annotations in what appears to be John Pikoulis's hand.
Photocopied letter, 1947, from Gweno Lewis to translator, biographer, journalist and dramatist Michael Meyer, with rough note at bottom left in what appears to be John Pikoulis's hand.
Postcard, 1949, and undated letter from Gweno Lewis to Professor Christopher Cheney, one of Alun Lewis' former tutors at the University of Manchester.
Letters and postcards, 1971-1985 and undated, from Gweno Lewis to John Pikoulis.
What appear to be fair copies of letters, 1975, to Gweno Lewis from John Pikoulis.
Rough manuscript notes by Pikoulis on the contents of letters, 1943-1944, sent to Gweno Lewis by Alun Lewis and on the contents of a hitherto unpublished journal kept by Lewis while stationed in Karachi (now Pakistan). The letters from Alun Lewis to Gweno Lewis referenced here differ from the published versions found in Gweno Lewis (ed.): Letters to my Wife (Seren Books, 1989) (for material relating to the publication, see under General research material). Pikoulis was given access to the letters and journal by permission of Gweno Lewis.
See also under Correspondence of Alun Lewis (photocopies, typescript copies and transcripts) .
Envelopes marked with name of correspondent and date (if applicable) of correspondence.
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Dated correspondence arranged chronologically. Undated correspondence inserted at end of each group of letters.
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The medieval historian Christopher Robert Cheney was born in Banbury and educated at Wadham College, Oxford. He lectured at the University of Manchester from 1933 to 1937. In 1945, he took the chair in Medieval History at Manchester until his election as Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge in 1955, where he remained, as a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, until his retirement in 1972. See also indexed references to Christopher Cheney in John Pikoulis: Alun Lewis: A Life (Poetry Wales Press, 1984). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._R._Cheney).
Michael Leverson Meyer was an English translator, biographer, journalist and dramatist who specialised in Scandinavian literature. He was lecturer in English at Uppsala University in Sweden from 1947 to 1950 and Visiting Professor at several American universities. He taught at the Central School of Drama and was on the board of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). He was appointed a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1971 and Knight Commander of the Polar Star in Sweden in 1977. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Meyer_(translator))
The Anglo-Welsh novelist, poet and literary historian Morgan Glyndwr (Glyn) Jones was brought up in a Welsh-speaking environment in Merthyr Tydfil but, due to receiving his formal education through the medium of English only, had to relearn his native language in later life. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyn_Jones_(Welsh_writer)). See also, for example, Glyn Jones Papers at NLW.
The poet, writer and critic Robert Graves was born in Wimbledon, his father being the celebrated Irish poet and Gaelic revivalist Alfred Perceval Graves. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Graves)
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- Cresswell, Robin S., Colonel (Subject)
- Cheney, C. R. (Christopher Robert), 1906-1987 (Subject)
- Meyer, Michael, 1921-2000 (Subject)
- Jones, Glyn, 1905-1971 (Subject)
- John, Alun, 1919- (Subject)
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 (Subject)