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Muriel Spark fonds

Record No.

SC115

Main Entry

Spark, Muriel, 1918-

Title

Muriel Spark fonds

Dates

1929-1958

Physical Description

1 cm of textual records. -- 2 drawings.

Bio/Admin History

Muriel Spark is a Scottish writer who was born and educated in Edinburgh. Spark lived in South Africa from 1936 to 1944 and later became secretary of the Poetry Society in London (1947-1949), at which time she also began to write literary criticism. She is now best known for her witty, often satirical novels, including "The Comforters" (1957), "Memento Mori" (1959), "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1961), and "Mandelbaum Gate" (1965).

Scope and Content

The fonds consists of Spark's notebook containing 32 childhood poems, two small sketches, manuscript for the poem "The Miners", and a letter to Derek Sanford.

Title Source

Title based on the contents of the fonds.

Finding Aids

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Notes

Provenance

Spark, Muriel, 1918-

Repository

University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections

Names

Sanford, Derek

Spark, Muriel, 1918-

Related Links

Literature Collections

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