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Koestler, Arthur, 1905-1983 -- Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and copy letters between Arthur Koestler and publisher Victor Gollancz and others, 1941-1990, and relating specifically to 'Spanish Testament, 'Scum of the Earth', and 'Reflections on Hanging'

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-1318
Identifier: Coll-1745
Content Description Correspondence between Arthur Koestler and publisher Victor Gollancz and others, 1941-1990. Specifically the small collections refer to letters relating to: Spanish Testament; Scum of the Earth; and Reflections on Hanging. The original file covers are retained.In addition to the following material, the file relating to Spanish Testament includes...
Dates: 1941-1990

Correspondence with or about members of his family and Daphne Hardy

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Coll-146/A
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Consists of inscribed and annotated books from Koestler's library, along with English-language editions and translations of his work into many languages; and Koestler's manuscripts and papers from 1940 to March 1983. Also contains correspondence with or about members of Koestler's family; personal material including diaries, address books, medical files and other personal documents; literary manuscripts including interviews, broadcasts and speeches; correspondence with specific people;...
Dates: 1939-1993

Correspondence with specific people

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Coll-146/D
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Consists of inscribed and annotated books from Koestler's library, along with English-language editions and translations of his work into many languages; and Koestler's manuscripts and papers from 1940 to March 1983. Also contains correspondence with or about members of Koestler's family; personal material including diaries, address books, medical files and other personal documents; literary manuscripts including interviews, broadcasts and speeches; correspondence with specific people;...
Dates: 1939-1993

Letters from Arthur Koestler to Kenneth Cohen and "Anita"

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-375
Identifier: Coll-1884
Scope and Contents Three signed letters from Arthur Koestler to Kenneth Cohen, one of which contains a copy of a letter from Koestler to a woman named "Anita". The letters sent to Cohen relate mainly to this "Anita" and her situation after the selling of her coffee shop, to Koestler's trip in Austria in 1969, and to this book The Scum of the Earth. The letter to Anita relates to the sale of her coffee shop, to the RUSI Journal, to the preface of the Danube...
Dates: 1969-1972

Letters of Anders Naessil, including five from Arthur Koestler

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-1141
Identifier: Coll-1936
Content Description This fonds includes seven letters of Anders Naessil: five from Arthur Koestler to A. Naessil, one from A. Naessil to Newsweek magazine, and one from Marie Whiteside, Editor of Newsweek to A. Naessil. Letter from Koestler to Naessil replying to a previous letter, mentioning Naessil's book on Hemingway, Sartre, and a Nobel banquet that Koestler attended. Dated 21 June 1980. Letter from...
Dates: 1980-1983

Personal and fan correspondence

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Coll-146/E
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Consists of inscribed and annotated books from Koestler's library, along with English-language editions and translations of his work into many languages; and Koestler's manuscripts and papers from 1940 to March 1983. Also contains correspondence with or about members of Koestler's family; personal material including diaries, address books, medical files and other personal documents; literary manuscripts including interviews, broadcasts and speeches; correspondence with specific people;...
Dates: 1939-1993

Typescript letter from Arthur Koestler to Dr. Thomas Koevari

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-1564, Folder: Coll-1804 / SC-Acc-2017-0036
Identifier: Coll-1804
Content Description This typescript letter from Arthur Koestler was sent to Dr Thomas Kovari (Kövári Tamás) who had escaped from Hungary in 1956. The letter to 'Dear Mr. Koevari' - indirectly described by Koestler as a fan - was written from the Berghotel 'Böglerhof', Alpbach, in the Tyrol, Austria, on 2 July 1959. It is signed in Koestler's hand. Koestler thanks Mr. Koevari for the trouble he has taken to point out a passage... a 'howler'.Although the title referred to is un-named, it is ...
Dates: 2 July 1959