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Title: John Coriolan papers
Dates: 2000
Collection Number: 2003-16
Creator/Collector:
Extent: .1 linear feet
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: John Coriolan, author of numerous books including "A Sand Fortress" (Award Books, 1968),"The Smile of Eros" (Gay Sunshine
Press, 1984), and "Unzipped - A Novella and Six Short Stories" (Gay Sunshine Press, 1983), donated "Lucky That Way," an unpublished
typescript that includes a memoir, interviews, profiles, [photocopies of] photos and drawings. Coriolan grew up in the midwest,
attended college in the 1930s, and lived in New York City, Key West and San Francisco as an adult. In "Lucky that Way," Coriolan
discusses erotic activity in World War II, his 13 year relationship starting in 1951, the sexual revolution of the 1960s,
and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item]. John Coriolan papers. Collection Number: 2003-16. GLBT Historical Society
Scope and Content of Collection
John Coriolan, author of numerous books including "A Sand Fortress" (Award Books, 1968),"The Smile of Eros" (Gay Sunshine
Press, 1984), and "Unzipped - A Novella and Six Short Stories" (Gay Sunshine Press, 1983), donated "Lucky That Way," an unpublished
typescript that includes a memoir, interviews, profiles, [photocopies of] photos and drawings. Coriolan grew up in the midwest,
attended college in the 1930s, and lived in New York City, Key West and San Francisco as an adult. In "Lucky that Way," Coriolan
discusses erotic activity in World War II, his 13 year relationship starting in 1951, the sexual revolution of the 1960s,
and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s.
GSSO Linked Terms: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008091; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000374; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008536
Literature
Gay men
World War, 1939-1945