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Finding Aid for the Collection of Materials Relating to Frederic Prokosch, ca. 1929-1965
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Title: Collection of Materials Relating to Frederic Prokosch,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1929-1965
Collection number: 829
Extent:
1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Frederic Prokosch (1908-1989) published novels and books of poetry, including
The Asiatics (1935),
The assassins (1936),
The seven who fled (1937, winner of the Harper Prize),
Chosen poems (1944),
The Missolonghi manuscript (1968), and
Voices: a memoir (1983). The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and a bibliography of Prokosch compiled at UCLA for a course
in bibliography. Manuscripts consist of
The lonely unicorn,
Death in autumn (1929), and
Cupid's whirligig, and Hecate's house (1930).
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
[Identification of item], Collection of Materials Relating to Frederic Prokosch (Collection 829). Department of Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Prokosch was born on May 17, 1908 in Madison, Wisconsin; BA (1926), MA (1928), Haverford College; MA, King's College, Cambridge
University, 1930; Ph.D, Yale University, 1932; after teaching English at Yale University, he began publishing novels and books
of poetry, including
The Asiatics (1935),
The assassins (1936),
The seven who fled (1937, winner of the Harper Prize),
The carnival (1938),
Chosen poems (1944),
The Missolonghi manuscript (1968),
America, my wilderness (1972), and
Voices: a memoir (1983); he became an expert squash player, winning the French championship in 1939 and the Swiss championship in 1944; he
died on June 2, 1989 in Plan de Grasse, France.
Collection consists of 35 letters from Prokosch to Joseph Rous Paget-Fredericks, 6 letters to Ben Abramson, manuscripts, and
a bibliography of Prokosch compiled at UCLA for a course in bibliography. Manuscripts consist of a one-page typescript,
The lonely unicorn; a typescript collection of poems,
Death in autumn (1929); and
Cupid's whirligig, and Hecate's house (1930), a collection of tales with twelve illustrations hand-drawn and hand-colored by Prokosch.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Prokosch, Frederic, 1908- --Archives.
Authors, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Poets, American--20th century--Archival resources.