Description
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).
Background
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.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
(1 box)
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do not hold the copyright.
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