Ingmar Bjorksten - letters received from Patrick White, 1962-1985
Ingmar Bjorksten - letters received from Patrick White, 1962-1985
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Author / Creator
Date
1962-1985
Call Numbers
SAFE/MLMSS 7246 (Safe 1/235)
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Physical Description
Contents
0.05 metres of textual material (1 box) - manuscript
Photographs
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Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Issue Copy
Microfilm : CY 4325, frames 1-103 (MLMSS 7246, filed at Safe 1/235)
Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://archival-classic.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2017/D00007/a583.html
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Scope and Contents
Contents
33 letters and postcards from Patrick White to Ingmar Bjorksten, 19 October 1962 to 3 December 1985; photocopy of letter from Patrick White to the King of Sweden and members of the Swedish Academy, 24 November 1973, acknowledging the award of the Nobel Prize and explaining that he is unable to accept in person; photograph of White taken by Dr Leo...
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Full title
Ingmar Bjorksten - letters received from Patrick White, 1962-1985
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Notes
General note
All items in this collection are reproduced on microfilm CY 4325; selected letters are reproduced in the digital images attached to this record.
Original filed at Safe 1/235
Digital order no: Album ID : 824053
Contextual Information
Source
Acquired from Quaritch Ltd, London, in 2003
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Administrative / Biographical history
Ingmar Bjorksten, Swedish critic and novelist, met Patrick White at White's home at Castle Hill in 1962. Bjorksten was so impressed by White's work that he campaigned to increase his international reputation. Bjorksten's efforts were influential in securing the Nobel Prize for Literature for Patrick White in 1973. Bjorksten's critical study 'Patric...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/MLMSS 7246 (Safe 1/235)
Record Identifier
nV2qv3zn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nV2qv3zn
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Reference code
423924
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