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Date(s)
- 1981-2018 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 folder
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Letters, cards and emails, 1981-2018, to Tony Curtis, correspondents including poet and playwright Gillian Clarke, poet and physician Dannie Abse, painter David Tress, sculptor David Nash, poet and writer Helen Dunmore, and a somewhat heated exchange of emails between Curtis and Amy Wack, Poetry Editor at Seren Books (text annotated/amended by Curtis's wife, Margaret Curtis).
Letters dating from the 1980s, with corresponding envelopes, are photocopies.
For Helen Dunmore, see also poem titled 'In the Duomo in Siracusa' under heading Individual poems by Tony Curtis..
Correspondents are not indexed. For access to full range of correspondents, it is recommended that this section of the archive be requested for viewing.
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Dated correspondence arranged chronologically. Undated items kept in marked envelope.
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Language of material
- English
Script of material
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One or two items bilingual (Welsh/English).
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- Curtis, Margaret (Subject)