Letter from David Daiches to Jonathan Penner, 3 March 1978
Item — Box: CLX-A-1702
Identifier: Coll-1848/21-0015
Scope and Contents
In this letter, Daiches thanks Jonathan Penner for the gift of his novel Going Blind. Daiches goes on to discuss his family and, in particular, his feelings following the death of his first wife Isobel Mackay in 1977.
Dates
- Creation: 3 March 1978
Creator
- Daiches, David, 1912-2005 (Scottish writer and literary scholar) (Author, Person)
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Extent
1 letter
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated in May 2021. Accession no. SC-Acc-2021-0015.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Aline Brodin and Paul Barnaby in October 2021.
Creator
- Daiches, David, 1912-2005 (Scottish writer and literary scholar) (Author, Person)
Subject
- Penner, Jonathan, b 1940 (American fiction writer) (Recipient, Person)
- Mackay, Isobel, d 1977 (married to David Daiches) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk