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Peter Hellings papers

  • GB 0210 PETHEL
  • Fonds
  • 1939-[2001]

Literary papers, 1939-[2001], of the poet Peter Hellings, including drafts and fair copies of poems and translations from the French; together with letters to the poet and his wife Manon Hellings, 1939-2001. Among the most notable correspondents are Robert Herring, Keidrych Rhys, Stephen Spender and Vernon Watkins.

Hellings, Pete

Firework Music

Includes photocopies of his first volume of poems entitled Firework Music published in 1950; together with epigrams, 1987; 'The Sirens (Hungerford, August 1987)' in typescript form; poems in manuscript form and a talk by him on 'Poetry aloud', [1950x1994].

Photocopies from periodicals

Includes photocopies of his editorials and poems published in Dawn, 1947-1949; typescript copy, 1953, of 'Pyramid fires' published in Rann, no. 19, April 1953; together with memories of time spent in Palestine, 1941-1945, by an unknown person, [1990s]; and a list of poems by Peter Hellings drawn up by Hugh Price, [1990s].

A Form of Words: book launch

Obituary by Eurwen and Hugh Price, [1994]; programme of the tribute to Peter Hellings, 20 April 1995, as part of the Dylan Thomas Society of Great Britain's programme for 1995; invitation to the launch at Sutton Coldfield, 28 September 2005, and at the Swansea Arts Workshop Gallery, Swansea, 10 November 1995, with programme, together with notes for Manon Hellings's speech about his 'early days'; and a letter from Brian Lewis, 1999, relating to the preparation of the 'collected poems' for publishing with 'some general observations' [Selected Poems Pete Hellings [2001]].

Lewis, Brian, 1936-

Photocopies from periodicals

Photocopies of his poems published in periodicals: 'Display', Wales, October 1939; 'The Exiles (Rapsody on a Theme of Heine)', Orientations, August 1943; 'The New Canterbury Tale. Toll and Triumph', Life and Letters To-day, April 1944; 'Ceremonies of Bravery', Life and Letters To-day, January 1946; 'Firwework Music', Life and Letters, November 1946; 'Prometheus. God of the Atom', Life and Letters, June 1949; 'Mad without tears', The Welsh Review, Autumn 1947; and 'Five landscapes', The Welsh Review, Summer 1948; together with 'Ballad of Hunt's Bay' by Vernon Watkins, Life and Letters, April 1945. Also included are photocopies of front covers of other periodicals and publications and lists of contents, 1940-1951, which featured poems by Peter Hellings.

Other translations

Translation of Arthur Rimbaud's 'Le Bateau Ivre' by M. and P. Hellings, 1950, and 'The Graveyard by the Sea', a translation of Paul Valery's 'Le Cimetière Marin' by C[ecil] Day Lewis, and two translations by P. Havard-Williams of poems by Baudelaire (typescripts).

Miscellaneous papers

Miscellaneous papers, [1937]-2001, including a notebook containing his early poetry, prose work, personal papers, press cuttings and poems written in his memory.

Notebook

A notebook, [1940x1949], used in relation to school drama performances of Shakespeare.

Later poems

Typescript versions of published and unpublished poems, [1970]-1994, including 'The World About Us. A televisionary sequence for Brian Lewis', 1980; 'School rooms (Counterpoints)', revised 1984; 'No heavenly sounds. For Robin Huw Bowen and his triple harp', 1992; and drafts of his cat poems published in Selected Poems Pete Hellings in [2001].

Press cuttings

Press cuttings, 1983-1996, relating to his work including his sonnet 'Tree Fall' awarded the Wales Writers' Group Prize in the Cardiff International Poetry Competition in 1989 and posthumous publications. Included are 'Poet pictures life in old Swansea', South Wales Evening Post, July 1983, relating to the publishing of Swansea Sketchbook and obituary notices; together with a photocopy of a critical essay 'Eastern approaches, Western promise: poets of Swansea after Dylan' by James A. Davies, [New Welsh Review, Swansea Special, Spring 1995].

Tribute poems

Poems 'To Peter', 'King Crimson i.m. Peter Hellings' (authors unknown), [1994], 'Peter (For Jennifer and Manon)' and 'Mentor' by [?Brian Lewis], 24 September 1994.

Lewis, Brian, 1936-

Personal letters

Personal letters, 1939-2001, relating mainly to literary matters, including some from editors of periodicals expressing their views on his poems and letters he received during his time serving with the RAF in Palestine; together with letters written by Peter Hellings to his wife Manon and testimonials.

Personal letters

Includes letters, 1939-1956, from Raymond Garlick (2), Robert Herring, editor of Life and Letters to-day (15), Albert Levine (36), Jackson Mathews (2), Keidrych Rhys (5), Stephen Spender (1), Henry Treece (2), and Vernon Watkins (11), together with a letter written by Peter Hellings while in the Middle East, 1943, relating to his travels.

Garlick, Raymond

Publications

Includes papers, 1945-[2000], relating to his volumes of poetry Swansea Sketchbook (Pontefract, 1983), and the publishing and launch of A Form of Words (Pontefract, 1995), and also to his poems published in periodicals.

War Poems

Includes photocopies of a series of poems 'Enemies of forgetting' by Peter Hellings which appeared in Welsh Review, Winter 1948; a copy of Music calling, Christmas magazine, January 1945, containing his poem 'Frozen voices', together with other poems including 'The chemistry of oblivion. Epitaph for an unknown poet', 1981, and 'In Sarajevo', 1993. The file also includes a photocopy of an account of the funeral of his father Lieutenant Frank Hellings, who died while Peter Hellings was still a pupil at the Grammar School, [1930s].

A Form of Words

Includes papers relating to the publication of A Form of Words by Pontefract Press in 1995 and a list of photographs to be used; his curriculum vitae; together with a copy, 1996, of Brian Lewis, The waters of Birmingham which was published in 1997 by his publishing company Pontefract Press and a linked poem 'Jude and Holofernes', [1991], by him. Brian Lewis was introduced to poetry by his teacher Peter Hellings at the James Watt Technical School in Smethwick.

Lewis, Brian, 1936-

'Round Here'

Drafts of the poems included in 'Round Here. Voices from Dyfed', 1987-1988, and a copy of the completed poems [issued privately as a Christmas gift to friends and fellow writers] published in his A Form of Words in 1995.

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