John Sligo papers, 1968-1993

fonds

1968-1993

Textual Records, Clippings

95000

1.69 metres of textual material (13 boxes) - carbon, typescript

John Sligo was born in New Zealand in 1944. After completing his education at St John's College, Cambridge he worked in Rome for two and a half years with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation before switching to film and television journalism. His articles have appeared in newspapers and magazines in Italy, Australia and New Zealand. He has also broadcast for the ABC. In 1982 he made his home in Australia. His first novel, The cave, was published in 1978 and awarded the New Zealand PEN Award for best first novel. He has since published another four novels - The concert masters (1983), Final things (1987), winner of the NSW Premier's Prize for Fiction, The faces of Sappho (1990) and Whatever happened to Rosie Dunn? (1989), a detective novel published under the name of Tom Beauford. In 1993 he published a cookbook, Pastas, rices and other vices.

Series 1: Literary manuscripts, ca.1972-1993 (Call No.: ML MSS 6008/1-12)
Series 2: Correspondence,1972, 1973, 1978 (Call No.: ML MSS 6008/12)
Series 3: Material concerning Greece, 1968-1976 (Call No.: ML MSS 6008/13)

This collection comprises 3 record series. You may navigate to a more detailed description of each series from this collection record.

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