Two letters from Patrick White to Neville Braybrooke, 28 November 1961 and 7 December 1961
Two letters from Patrick White to Neville Braybrooke, 28 November 1961 and 7 December 1961
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28 November 1961 and 7 December 1961
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MLMSS 10198
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0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - typescript aerogramme, signed
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Copyright status : In copyright - life of author plus 70 years
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In both of these letters, Patrick White gives feedback to the author Neville Braybrooke on his recently published novel, The Idler. The letters were sent from White's home "Dogwoods" on Showground Road, Castle Hill NSW to Braybrooke in London.
28 November 1961: White begins by thanking Braybrooke for sending him a copy of his book, The Idle...
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Two letters from Patrick White to Neville Braybrooke, 28 November 1961 and 7 December 1961
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Purchased from Andrusier Autographs, London, 30 January 2019
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Patrick White (1912-1990) is generally acknowledged as one of Australia’s finest novelists of any era. Between 1935 and 1987, he published twelve novels, three short-story collections and eight plays. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1973, the first and only Australian writer to do so. He was also the inaugural recipient of the Miles Frankl...
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MLMSS 10198
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1wNrdGRn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1wNrdGRn
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9627616
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