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Reviews by Tony Curtis of The Fortunate Traveller by Derek Walcott (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1982) and The Window in the Field by Norman Dubie (Copenhagen : Razorback Press, 1980) (draft manuscript and typescript reviews, the latter including amendments in Curtis's hand) (see, for example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fortunate-Traveller-Derek-Walcott/dp/0374517444; https://www.abebooks.co.uk/first-edition/window-field-Dubie-Norman-Copenhagen-Razorback/31770799952/bd)
Review by Tony Curtis of Trying the Line: A Volume of Tribute to Gillian Clarke, edited by Menna Elfyn and published by Gomer Press in 1997 (see, for example: https://mennaelfyn.co.uk/project/trying-the-line/), together with letters, 1997, to Curtis from Angela Howells of the Arts Council of Wales and faxed letter, 1997, to Tony Curtis from Menna Elfyn relating to the compilation of the volume.
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The works of award-winning poet and playwright Menna Elfyn have been translated into eighteen languages. She has published fourteen volumes of poetry, novels for children, television and radio plays and libretti. (https://mennaelfyn.co.uk/cy/bywgraffiad/)
Poet, playwright, editor, broadcaster, lecturer and translator Gillian Clarke was National Poet of Wales from 2008 to 2016. She co-founded Tŷ Newydd, a writers' centre in Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Clarke)
Award-winning poet and playwright Derek Walcott was born in Castries, St Lucia, an island he often referenced in his poetry. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Walcott)
Award-winning poet Norman Dubie was born in Barre, Vermont. He was the author of twenty-eight collections of poetry, including Quotations of Bone (2015), which won the Griffin Poetry Prize. (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/norman-dubie)
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- Clarke, Gillian, 1937- (Subject)
- Elfyn, Menna (Subject)
- Howells, Angela, Arts Council of Wales (Subject)
- Walcott, Derek, 1930-2017 (Subject)
- Dubie, Norman, 1945-2023 (Subject)