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- 1975-1982 (Creation)
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Letters and cards, 1975, 1978-1982, to Tony Curtis, the main correspondent being Canadian poet and writer Miriam Waddington (Curtis and Waddington being part of a Wales/Canada exchange scheme organised by Yr Academi Gymreig). Related material includes correspondence between Curtis and Greg Gatenby regarding a poetry reading by Curtis at the Harbourfront Centre, Toronto and biographical details relating to Miriam Waddington. Other correspondents comprise: Patricia Wilcox of Iris Press, Binghampton, New York (references to Tony Curtis's collection of poems titled Album, published by Christopher Davies in 1974 (see, for example: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3786389-album)); 'Val' of University College Swansea's English Department (discussing a session of poetry reading in which Tony Curtis was to participate); and Sophia Sackville-West of Faber and Faber Publishers.
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Correspondence and related material from Miriam Waddington: correspondence arranged chronologically; each section of the material labelled with 'post-it' note.
Correspondence other than Miriam Waddington's arranged chronologically within marked envelope.
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Award-winning poet, writer and translator Miriam Waddington (née Dworkin) was born in Winnipeg and studied at the University of Toronto and the University of Pennsylvania. She worked for many years as a social worker. She was part of a Montreal literary circle that included F. R. Scott, Irving Layton and Louis Dudek.
Greg Gatenby is a member of the Writers Union of Canada and the founding Artistic Director of the annual and world-renowned International Festival of Authors in Toronto, and of its adjunct, the weekly Harbourfront Reading Series. (https://greggatenby.com/about-greg-gatenby/). For the Harbourfront Centre see, for example: https://harbourfrontcentre.com/
Iris Press was founded in 1975 by Patricia Wilcox in Binghamton, New York as a small publishing company which emphasised literary quality and innovation, their main aim to give talented but underappreciated writers an audience and to help them reach their potential. (https://irisbooks.com/about-iris-press/)
Poet and publisher Patricia Wilcox was born in Douglasville, Georgia. In 1975 she founded the Robinson Center Poetry Studio in Binghamton, New York and served as the director until 1979. She also established Iris Press, Inc. in 1975. (https://archives.libraries.emory.edu/repositories/7/resources/2202)
For Sophia Sackville-West, see, for example: https://literaryreview.co.uk/it-really-doesnt-make-things-any-easier; https://www.thepeerage.com/p56774.htm.
Founded in 1929, Faber and Faber Limited is an independent publishing house in London. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faber_%26_Faber)
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- Iris Press (Publishers: Binghampton, New York) (Subject)
- Wilcox, Patricia, 1932-2002 (Subject)
- Sackville-West, Sophia, 1957- (Subject)
- Faber and Faber (Great Britain: publishing company) (Subject)
- Waddington, Miriam, 1917-2004 (Subject)
- Gatenby, Greg, 1950- (Subject)