Papers of Kate Llewellyn
MSS 029
Collection Title
Papers of Kate LlewellynCollection Identifier
MSS 029Inclusive date(s)
1957 to 2003Extent and Medium
Creator(s)
Category
Subject: Person(s)
Collection Description
This collection comprises manuscript papers and related material by Kate Llewellyn.
Administrative / Biographical history
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Llewellyn
Kate (Katherine) Jill Sky Llewellyn was born at Tumby Bay on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, on 15th January 1936. She was educated at locally, gained a Registered Nurses' Certificate from the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1958, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Classical Studies from the University of Adelaide in 1978.
Llewellyn has worked as a nurse, joint owner and director of Llewellyn Galleries in Dulwich, Adelaide 1965-1972, and owner and co-director of Bonython Galleries, North Adelaide, 1971-1972. She worked on the Unley Planning Study 1978, and in the Women's Advisory Unit of the Premier's Department 1979, before becoming a full-time writer. She has taught creative writing courses and been writer-in-residence at Australian colleges, universities and writers' centres, and has been invited to speak at schools, colleges, universities, libraries, literary festivals and as guest speaker at various public and private functions. In 1981 she was National Secretary of the Poets' Union of Australia.
Llewellyn is a poet and writer who came to writing during her undergraduate years. She published her first book of poems in 1982, and her first prose work in 1987. She has travelled widely and written travel books based on these experiences, as well as writing on gardens and gardening, food and people. Her book reviews, criticisms and essays are published widely in Australian poetry and prose anthologies, magazines and newspapers. Her work is widely reviewed, is the subject of biographical works, and critical analyses have been written regarding her work and contribution to Australian literature. Her work appeals to a wide popular audience and to women in particular. Her poetry has been broadcast on several Australian radio programs including the ABC, 5MMM, 3RRR and Writers' Radio 5UV.
Llewellyn has been awarded:
Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships, Literature Board Fellowship, Non-Fiction; Poetry, 2005. Note: An award of $80,000 to write an autobiography and a book of poems about Australian explorers
Galley Club of Sydney Awards for Excellence in Publishing and Print, Australian-Printed Book of the Year, 2006: winner for Playing with water
FAW Anne Elder Poetry Award, 1982: joint winner for Trader Kate and the elephants
Bundey Prize for English Verse, 1975: winner for Teeth and other verses.
Llewellyn is the author of books of poetry, travel, autobiographies, essays and talking books, including:
Trader Kate and the elephants (1982)
Luxury (1985)
The Penguin book of Australian women poets, edited by Susan Hampton & Kate Llewellyn, 1986
The waterlily : a Blue Mountains journal (1987)
Honey : poems (1988)
Dear you (1988)
Honey : selected poems, by Kate Llewellyn; paintings by Leeanne Crisp, 1989
The mountain (1989)
Figs : poems (1990)
Angels and dark Madonnas (1991)
Selected poems (1992)
Lilies, feathers & frangipani (1993)
Crosshatched (1994)
The floral mother and other essays (1995)
Gorillas, tea and coffee : an African sketchbook (1996)
Burning : a journal (1997)
Sofala : and other poems (1999)
Playing with water (2005).
References:
Llewellyn's curriculum vitae, book covers and reviews
AustLit : The Resource for Australian Literature, October 2005.
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
This is a comprehensive collection, which comprises papers relating to Kate Llewellyn's professional writing career and personal life. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry and prose, audio cassettes, video tapes, photographs and posters.
The papers provide an invaluable insight into the various processes of development involved in the perfecting of a literary work from first notes to galley proofs, with an extensive exchange of views between author and publishers.
Appraisal & Processing Information
Awaiting processing: 7 boxes
Access Restrictions
Other
Access:
Series 1 and Series 2 require permission of Kate Llewellyn.
Other papers available for research.
Copying:
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.
Material authored by Kate Llewellyn: single copies for research purposes only.
Existence and Location of Orginals
Related and Separated Materials
Further manuscript material relating to Kate Llewellyn may be found in the Academy Library, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy in the following collections:
Graham Rowlands, at MSS 017
Peter Goldsworthy, at MSS 039
Andrew McDonald, at MSS 167
Philip Martin, at MSS 309.
Further papers of Kate Llewellyn are held by the State Library of South Australia, in the Papers of Kate Llewellyn at PRG 879.
Separated Material
This collection originally included a number of publications, listed below. These works have been catalogued separately, and added to the Library's main collection.
Williams, Max. Baronda. Bermagui South, N.S.W.: Williams/Stacey, 1977.
Refractory girl, No. 11, no. 15, nos. 18/19, 1976, 1977, 1980.
Ash literary magazine, First issue, April 1979.
Eureka street, Vol. 12, no. 4, May 2002.
Bulletin, Vol. 101, no. 5196, 29 January 1980, 21-28 December 1982.
Disclaimer
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed above. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.