Antigone Kefala further papers, approximately 1961-2013
Abstract
Extensive and well-organized collection of 14 boxes including copies of poems and literature work, newspaper extracts, correspondence with publishers, editors in Australia and overseas, universities’ administrators, work translations from English to Greek and French, (Τhe island- Το νησί), published books, Greek manuscript (‘Alexia’, manuscripts and proofs (Greek), 1990-1995), personal notes, art – ink on paper,
| Person |
Kefala, Antigone |
| Subject | |
| Category | |
| Author |
Kefala, Antigone |
| Keywords |
Greeks in Australia |
| Current holder | |
| Item number |
MLMSS 11109 |
| Access rights |
Request from onsite storage |
| Country of origin | |
| Language | |
| Period of reference |
1961 to 2013 |
| Description from source |
Contents The collection comprises correspondence with publishers, authors, academics, artists, musicians and photographers, including Fay Zwicky, Elizabeth Harrower, Randolph Stow, Ivor Indyk and Peter Lyssiotis, among others; copy-edited and annotated manuscripts proofs; reviews and typed journals. Also includes several photographs and drawings. BOX 1 Correspondence, 1961-1978 BOX 2 Correspondence, 1979-1986 BOX 3 Correspondence, 1987-1989 BOX 4 Correspondence, 1990-1991 BOX 5 Correspondence, 1992-1993 BOXES 6-7 Correspondence, 1994-1996 BOXES 8-9 Correspondence, 1997-1999 BOX 10 ‘Sydney journals: reflections 1970-2000’, proofs and draft copies of manuscript, 2006 ‘Max: The Confessions of a Cat’, manuscript proofs, correspondence, letters to editors, illustrations by Warwick Hatton, Greek translation with handwritten edits, small mock-up of bilingual version; 1994-2005; rejection letters by publishers. BOX 11 ‘Max: The Confessions of a Cat’ (continued) ‘The Island’, printed proof, no edits, approximately 1984 ‘Absence : new and selected poems’, Czech-English edition, and Prague Festival April 1998; correspondence, publishing and launch; 1992-1998 ‘Men for the rights of man rise: a poetic manifesto’, by I.P. Koutsocheras, translated by Antigone Kefala; photocopy, no edits, approximately 1974 Romanian translations, includes printed translations with manuscript edits, correspondence, 2009 ‘Far Far away and other Romanian tales’, translated by Antigone Kefala, approximately 2013 ‘Seconds’ by Yiannis Ritsos, translated by Antigone Kefala; manuscripts and proofs, printed, some manuscript edits, approximately 2005 BOX 12 Programme (daily reminders) typed, manuscript notes, lists all the events, work updates, meetings, letters sent, and approaches to publishers made by Kefala, 1983-2001 Lucian Boz story translated from Romanian by Antigone Kefala, manuscript, 2002 ‘Alexia’, manuscripts and proofs (English), approximately 1982 ‘Alexia’, manuscripts and proofs (Greek), 1990-1995 ‘The Island’, proofs of trilingual edition (English, French, Greek) and correspondence, includes small drawings for book and photographs of illustrations, 2000-2003 ‘Wayfarers and other poems’ (Wagtail Series, 95 : Picaro Press), proofs and correspondence, 2010 BOX 13 ‘Antigone Kefala : a writer’s journey’, edited by Vrasidas Karalis and Helen Nickas, proof, approximately 2013 Amanda Simons’ interview with Antigone Kefala for HEAT magazine, proofs and correspondence, 2010 Correspondence with copies of poems and prose sent and responses, 1986-2000 ‘Summer visit’ and ‘Intimacy’, correspondence, reviews; ‘Summer visit II’, correspondence and reviews; 1996-2004 ‘Mouth to mouth : contemporary German poetry in translation’, manuscript and correspondence, 2004 BOX 14 ‘Sydney Journals Part 1’ (2006); ‘Sydney Journals Part II’ (2008), manuscripts, 2006-2008 ‘The Island’, translations in French by Marie Gaulis, manuscript and correspondence, 1995-1996 ‘Waiting’ and ‘Breakdown’, short stories published Southerly, Summer (1994-1995) vol. 54 no. 4 1994; (p. 30-33); manuscripts and correspondence, 1994 Original typed Journals with manuscript edits PUBLISHED BOOKS 13 published books from this collection catalogued separately |
| Physical format |
Letters |
| Date accessed |
2023-01-19 |
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