Blanche D'Alpuget literary papers, ca. 1965-1993

MLMSS 8938

fonds

ca. 1965-1993

Textual Records, Clippings

404907

3.85 metres of textual material (23 boxes)

Blanche d'Alpuget (1944-) is an award winning Australian biographer, novelist and essayist and second wife of the longest-serving Australian Labor Party Prime Minister, Bob Hawke (1929-).

She has won a number of awards, both for fiction and non-fiction, including, in 1987, the prestigious inaugural Australasian Prize for Commonwealth Literature. Ms d'Alpuget has been Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Australian Society of Authors, a board member of the A.C.T. Arts Advisory Council, the Copyright Agency Limited, and the Australian Film Commission.

As an Australian novelist and acclaimed biographer her works include Mediator: a biography of Sir Richard Kirby (1977); Monkeys in the dark (1980); Turtle Beach (1981) which won the Age book award in 1981; Robert J Hawke: a biography (1982); Winter in Jerusalem (1986) and White Eye (1993). Turtle Beach became a feature film in 1992 featuring Greta Scacchi and Jack Thompson and all her novels have been translated into other languages.

Reference:
University of South Australia http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/bhpml/Biogs/blanche.asp (accessed 7 May 2013)

Geoffrey Cains acquired 1996 consignment of 21 boxes from D'Alpugets agent, Rose Creswell

(1996)
LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS, RESEARCH MATERIAL AND NOTES, ca. 1971-1993:
BOXES 1-4
Drafts, outline and final version of 'Winter in Jersualem' (1986) with copies of newspaper reviews, research material and annotations by D’Alpuget’s stepmother Tess van Sommers

BOXES 5-9
Drafts and galleys of 'White Eye' (1993) with revisions by editor Bryony Cosgrove

BOXES 10-12
Turtle Beach (1993) including material relating to subsequent filming

Draft of 'Monkeys in the Dark' (1980), draft outlines and scripts of 'The Pearl'

BOXES 12-13
Drafts of her biography 'Robert J. Hawke' (1982) with annotations by Tess van Sommers and interview transcript

Outlines and research material of 'Island of Gold'

Manuscript and research material of 'The Woman Who Searched for God'

BOX 14
Typescripts of 'The Web' and 'Ben Hall'

Outline, draft manuscripts of 'Out of the Forest'

Proposed novel on Wilhelm Reich

BOX 15
Magazine and newspaper articles, ca. 1973-1994

Correspondence with Professor Manfred Clynes relating to 'Sentics the Touch of Emotion', ca. 1985-1987

Addresses to Literary Functions, ca. 1982-1987

BOX 16
Drafts of short stories, notes and proposals for novels and research material relating to oral recordings, ca. 1971-1992

Drafts and newspaper articles of book reviews, ca. 1975-1980

Manuscript proofs and travel brochures relating to Moon Pearl, ca. 1987-1988


CORRESPONDENCE AND RECORDS, ca. 1965-1992:
BOXES 17-20 (RESTRICTED)
Personal letters and correspondence with Tess van Sommers and Gabrielle Lord, 1965-1990; Melbourne University Press and Landsdowne Press, ca. 1976-1992; Bob Hawke and Sir Richard Kirby, 1979-1984 relating to Mediator: a biography of Sir Richard Kirby, 1975-1979.

BOX 21-22
Files containing correspondence, research material, newspaper reviews notes and drafts her novels and short stories including White Eye, ca. 1977-1992

(2001)
BOX 23
Four notebooks; Bushranger TV series with notes made on research trip 1988, USSR notes from trips with Judith Rodriguez including names and addresses of Australian contacts and associates 1988, and notes for a novel with loose undated note from Franz Hoogland 1987

Correspondence between D’Apluget and publisher John Cope 1977-1982, relating to the publishing of her novel Monkeys in the Dark, with newspaper reviews. Other correspondents include Anthony Pratt, Elizabeth Riddell, Allison Broinowski and Judy Taylor

Manuscript drafts of Monkeys in the Dark, ca. 1970-1980

Copyright status:: In copyright - This collection has multiple rights owners
Copyright holder:: Blanche DAlpuget
Rights and Restrictions Information:: No publication without prior written approval of copyright holder
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

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