Merwin, Dido, d 1990 (Spouse of poet, W.S. Merwin)
Person
Dates
- Existence: d 1990
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Series
'Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath', 1986-c 1989, 1998
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/10
Scope and Contents
Material connected to Anne Stevenson's biography on poet, Sylvia Plath, which was originally published in 1989. The biography received a second edition in 1998, released in the wake of Ted Hughes' final collection of poetry, Birthday Letters, which the new edition's preface addressed.This series is composed primarily of various drafts written by Stevenson. There are also drafts of memoirs produced by Lucas Myers, Dido Merwin and Richard Murphy, which were...
Dates:
1986-c 1989; 1998
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'Bitter Fame' Correspondence File 1, 1985 - 1986
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/19/1/1
Scope and Contents
A file holding letters sent to Anne Stevenson in connection to her work on the Sylvia Plath biography, Bitter Fame. Correspondents include representatives from Penguin Books, Olwyn Hughes and Ted Hughes. The following are also present in the file: a copy of Stevenson's contract with Penguin, photocopies of letters sent by Stevenson to Sylvia Kantaris and Dido Merwin, and photocopies of correspondence between Merwin and the biographer, Linda Wagner-Martin, which...
Dates:
1985 - 1986
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'Bitter Fame' Correspondence File 6, not dated
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/19/1/6
Scope and Contents
A file holding undated letters and notes connected to Anne Stevenson's biography on Sylvia Plath, Bitter Fame. Correspondents and other individuals represented in this file include: Olwyn Hughes, Ted Hughes, Carol Hughes, Paul Winstanley, Dido Merwin, Peter Davison at Houghton Mifflin, Judith Flanders, Trevor Thomas, and Janet Malcolm.
Dates:
not dated
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Dido Merwin Appendix, c 1987
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/10/15
Scope and Contents
A file holding several drafts of Dido Merwin's contribution to Anne Stevenson's biography on Sylvia Plath, Bitter Fame. In the final version of the book, Merwin's memoir is found in the second appendix, and it is titled, Vessel of Wrath: A Memoir of Sylvia Plath.
Dates:
c 1987
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Draft of 'Bitter Fame', c 1988
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/10/20
Scope and Contents
Two folders holding a draft of Anne Stevenson's biography on Sylvia Plath, Bitter Fame. This version includes the preface, all 12 chapters, the epilogue, and the memoirs written by Lucas Myers, Dido Merwin and Richard Murphy found in the appendices. There are no notes on sources section or bibliography. Annotations and corrections are present in pencil and ink.This draft is significantly bigger than the other three versions present in the ...
Dates:
c 1988
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