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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Delmore Schwartz papers
Creator:
Schwartz, Delmore
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1005
Physical Description:
35.0 linear feet
(70 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1923-1966
Abstract: Delmore David Schwartz (1913-1966) was an English professor, editor (1943-47) and associate editor (1947-55) of the
Partisan Review, and the poetry editor of the
New republic (1955-57). He also wrote poetry, plays, essays, translations, and stories, including
In dreams begin responsibilities (1938),
The world is a wedding (1948), and
Summer knowledge: new and selected poems, 1938-1958 (1959), which won the Bollingen Prize in poetry and the Shelley Memorial Award in 1960. The collection consists of books
and journals from Schwartz's library, most of which are heavily-annotated with his notes, nine holographic notebooks, and
correspondence.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Phoenix Book Shop, purchase, 1967 & 1968.
- Zeitlin & Verbrugge, purchase, 1970.
- Gift of Kenneth A. Schwartz, 1981.
- Gift of David Holzman, 1983.
- Black Sun Books, purchase, 1984.
- Gift of J. Howard Woolmer, 1988.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9942337473606533
[Identification of item], Delmore Schwartz papers (Collection Number 1005). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Delmore David Schwartz was born on December 8, 1913 in Brooklyn, New York; attended University of Wisconsin, 1931; BA in philosophy,
New York University, 1935; attended Harvard University, 1935-37; Briggs-Copeland Instructor in English Composition, 1940 and
assistant Professor of English composition, 1946-47, Harvard University; editor (1943-47) and associate editor (1947-55),
Partisan Review; poetry editor,
New republic, 1955-57; visiting lecturer at New York University, Kenyon School of English, Indiana School of Letters, Princeton University,
University of Chicago; visiting professor, Syracuse University; literary consultant to
New directions; wrote poetry, plays, essays, translations, and stories, including
In dreams begin responsibilities (1938),
The world is a wedding (1948), and
Summer knowledge: new and selected poems, 1938-1958 (1959), which won the Bollingen Prize in poetry and Shelley Memorial Award in 1960; he died on July 11, 1966 in New York
City.
Collection consists of books and journals from the library of Delmore Schwartz, most of which are heavily-annotated with his
notes, and nine holographic notebooks and a few original letters of Schwartz. Includes mostly paperback editions of fiction,
literary criticism and art history, as well as 12 volumes of
Partisan Review, 1942-54.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archives.
Poets, American -- New York (State) -- New York.
Schwartz, Delmore -- Archives