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- 1920 (Vervaardig)
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Siegfried Sassoon was born on 8 September 1886 at Weirleigh, Kent. He was educated at Marlborough College and at Clare College Cambridge. In 1914, Sassoon enlisted as a trooper in the Sussex Yeomanry and a year later he was commissioned in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. During the First World War, 1914-1918, he served in France and Palestine. While in France, Sassoon wrote a series of poems exposing the horrors of war. In 1919 Sassoon became the first literary editor for the Daily Herald. In 1920 he made a tour of the United States, reading poems and speaking out against the war. Sassoon published his first prose work, Memoirs of a Fox Hunting Man in 1928. He died on 1 September 1967.
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GB 0096 SL V 80 1920 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Sassoon , Siegfried Loraine , 1886-1967 , poet and author
Siegfried Sassoon was born on 8 September 1886 at Weirleigh, Kent. He was educated at Marlborough College and at Clare College Cambridge. In 1914, Sassoon enlisted as a trooper in the Sussex Yeomanry and a year later he was commissioned in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. During the First World War, 1914-1918, he served in France and Palestine. While in France, Sassoon wrote a series of poems exposing the horrors of war. In 1919 Sassoon became the first literary editor for the Daily Herald. In 1920 he made a tour of the United States, reading poems and speaking out against the war. Sassoon published his first prose work, Memoirs of a Fox Hunting Man in 1928. He died on 1 September 1967.
A manuscript of Fireflies (Georgian Parodies), 1920 by Siegfried Sassoon.
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University of London Library, The Sterling library: a catalogue of the printed books and literary manuscripts collected by Sir Louis Sterling and presented by him to the University of London, Cambridge, (1954).
The Lilly Library, Indiana University, USA, holds literary papers; the rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University, New York, USA, has correspondence, literary manuscripts and papers, 1894-1942 (Ref: NUC MS 84-618), and correspondence with Wilfred Edward Salter Owen and his family, 1917-1918 (Ref: NUC MS 84-602); the British Library, London, contains letters and poetical manuscripts, [1906-1930] (Ref: Add MSS 62941-2), correspondence with Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, 1916-1923 (Ref: Add MS 52752), and letters to Sir William Hamo Thornycroft, [1906-1925] (Ref: Add MS 56099); Rutgers University Libraries, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, hold correspondence, poems and papers, 1908-1966 (Ref: NUC MS 87-710); Cambridge University Library has correspondence, including with Faber and Faber (Ref: Add 8889), letters and poetical manuscripts (Ref: Geoffrey Keynes Collection), miscellaneous correspondence, 1909-1967 (Ref: Add 9375), correspondence with Edward Joseph Dent and manuscript poems, 1915-1918 (Ref: Add MS 7973), and letters to Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes, 1933-1963; King's College Modern Archives Centre, Cambridge University, contains letters to Edward Morgan Forster, 1918-1957; the Department of Archives, Photographs, Film and Sound, National Army Museum, London, holds notebooks and miscellaneous papers, 1916-1932 (Ref: 9508-11); the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library, University of Texas at Austin, USA, has letters to Edmund Charles Blunden; the Sheffield Archives contain letters to Edward Carpenter, 1911-1918 (Ref: MSS 386); the Imperial War Museum Department of Documents holds letters from Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, 1916-1923, and correspondence, 1914-1936; the National Art Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, has letters, mainly to Dame Hildelith Cumming, 1960-1975 (Ref: Supplement 1977); the Brotherton Library, Leeds University, contains letters to Sir Edmund William Gosse, 1916-1927, and letters to Philip Gosse, 1933-1954; Southern Illinois University Library, USA, holds letters to Robert Ranke Graves (Ref: NUC MS 77-520); the Bodleian Library, Oxford University, contains letters to Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols with drafts of poems, 1917-1918, 1930 (Ref: MS Eng lett c7), and letters to Edward John Thompson, 1926-1943 (Ref: MSS Eng c5312).
1999-07-27 Simon McKeon, 2000-06-07 Sarah Aitchison Literary forms and genres Literature Poetry Sassoon , Siegfried , 1886-1967 , poet and author
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A manuscript of Fireflies (Georgian Parodies), 1920 by Siegfried Sassoon.
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Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
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Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
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University of London Library, The Sterling library: a catalogue of the printed books and literary manuscripts collected by Sir Louis Sterling and presented by him to the University of London, Cambridge, (1954).
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The Lilly Library, Indiana University, USA, holds literary papers; the rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University, New York, USA, has correspondence, literary manuscripts and papers, 1894-1942 (Ref: NUC MS 84-618), and correspondence with Wilfred Edward Salter Owen and his family, 1917-1918 (Ref: NUC MS 84-602); the British Library, London, contains letters and poetical manuscripts, [1906-1930] (Ref: Add MSS 62941-2), correspondence with Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, 1916-1923 (Ref: Add MS 52752), and letters to Sir William Hamo Thornycroft, [1906-1925] (Ref: Add MS 56099); Rutgers University Libraries, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, hold correspondence, poems and papers, 1908-1966 (Ref: NUC MS 87-710); Cambridge University Library has correspondence, including with Faber and Faber (Ref: Add 8889), letters and poetical manuscripts (Ref: Geoffrey Keynes Collection), miscellaneous correspondence, 1909-1967 (Ref: Add 9375), correspondence with Edward Joseph Dent and manuscript poems, 1915-1918 (Ref: Add MS 7973), and letters to Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes, 1933-1963; King's College Modern Archives Centre, Cambridge University, contains letters to Edward Morgan Forster, 1918-1957; the Department of Archives, Photographs, Film and Sound, National Army Museum, London, holds notebooks and miscellaneous papers, 1916-1932 (Ref: 9508-11); the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library, University of Texas at Austin, USA, has letters to Edmund Charles Blunden; the Sheffield Archives contain letters to Edward Carpenter, 1911-1918 (Ref: MSS 386); the Imperial War Museum Department of Documents holds letters from Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, 1916-1923, and correspondence, 1914-1936; the National Art Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, has letters, mainly to Dame Hildelith Cumming, 1960-1975 (Ref: Supplement 1977); the Brotherton Library, Leeds University, contains letters to Sir Edmund William Gosse, 1916-1927, and letters to Philip Gosse, 1933-1954; Southern Illinois University Library, USA, holds letters to Robert Ranke Graves (Ref: NUC MS 77-520); the Bodleian Library, Oxford University, contains letters to Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols with drafts of poems, 1917-1918, 1930 (Ref: MS Eng lett c7), and letters to Edward John Thompson, 1926-1943 (Ref: MSS Eng c5312).
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