Kate Grenville literary papers mainly relating to The Secret River (2005), 1981-2006
Kate Grenville literary papers mainly relating to The Secret River (2005), 1981-2006
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Date
1981 - 2006
Call Numbers
MLMSS 9169
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Physical Description
Contents
3.30 metres of textual records & photographs (22 boxes)
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Fonds
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Scope and Contents
Contents
A detailed contents list with additional notes, prepared by Kate Grenville, is located in each box.
I. DRAFTS OF ‘THE SECRET RIVER’.
BOX 1
Drafts of a non-fiction book about Solomon Wiseman. That book was abandoned but much of the material was later used in ‘Searching for the Secret River’.
Folder 1: Research, fragments of writing,...
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Full title
Kate Grenville literary papers mainly relating to The Secret River (2005), 1981-2006
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Notes
Description source
Information updated as part of the Unprocessed Manuscripts eRecords Project 2013-2014
Contextual Information
Source
Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Kate Grenville, May 2007
Administrative / Biographical history
Kate Grenville was born in Sydney, Australia. Her novel ‘The Idea of Perfection’ (2000) won the Orange Prize, then Britain's most valuable literary award. ‘The Secret River’ (2005) won numerous prizes including the NSW Premier's Literary Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize. It was also shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and Man Booker Pr...
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MLMSS 9169
Record Identifier
9gkdrem9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkdrem9
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Reference code
457772
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