Colleen Klein - literary manuscripts, 1953-1990

MLMSS 5927

fonds

1953-1990

17263

3 boxes - 0.5 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
Textual Records - (typescript)

Colleen Klein was born in Blacktown, NSW in 1921. She graduated from the University of Sydney where she distinguished herself by winning three prizes for English literature. She was encouraged by the poet A.D. Hope to write poetry. She has written five novels including A space for delight (1988) and Deidre Kincaid (1978) as well as short stories and plays.

1953-54; At Kolondong. Draft of unpublished first novel. (Call No.: ML MSS 5927/1)
ca.1988; A space for delight. Novel - drafts and page proofs. (Call No.: ML MSS 5927/1-2)
1987-90; The celluloid Lulu or The girl in the black helmet. Novel - fifth/sixth draft. (Call No.: ML MSS 5927/3)
Undated.; Drafts of short stories collected together and published in 1990 under the title To speak of love. (Call No.: ML MSS 5927/3)
1980-ca.1990; Drafts/printed copies of plays: Seven prisoners in search of a locksmith; The artist's daughter; Strange bedfellows; Corn! (Call No.: ML MSS 5927/3)