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Papers of Rudi Krausmann
MSS 094

Collection Title

Papers of Rudi Krausmann

Collection Identifier

MSS 094

Inclusive date(s)

1966 to 1987

Extent and Medium

6 boxes, 5 posters

Category

Literature

Subject: Terms(s)

Collection Description

This collection comprises literary papers and related material produced or accumulated by Rudi Krausmann.

Administrative / Biographical history

Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudi_Krausmann

Rudi (Rudolf Oscar) Krausmann was born in Mauerkirchen, Austria in 1933, visited Australia in 1958, then returned to Europe for three extended periods before settling in Sydney in 1966. He studied Economics and Languages in Vienna for two-and-a-half years and worked as a journalist for the Austrian newspaper, Salzburger Nachrichten. In Australia he has worked variously as a freelance writer and editor, a part-time tutor at the University of New South Wales, a language teacher in Sydney and Melbourne and a broadcaster on Radio 2EA.

Krausmann has considered himself to be a German poet writing in Australia and his theme, exile. In 1975 he founded Aspect : art and literature, in an endeavour to interrelate literature and the visual arts, and was editor of this periodical over several years. Krausmann was Creative Arts Fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra during 1980.

Krausmann has received:
Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships, Literature Board Fellowship, 1978: fellowship
Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships, Literature Board Grants, 1977: general writing grant.

Krausmann's publications and performances include: Structures and other poems, translated by Krausmann and John Tranter (1969)
Aspect : art and literature, edited by Rudi Krausmann (1975-1989)
From another shore, poems by Krausmann; drawings by Brett Whiteley (1975)
Recent German poetry, edited by Rudi Krausmann (1977)
The water lily and other poems (1977)
Everyman : a sentence situation (1978), republished as Three plays (1989), which includes 'Everyman, a comedy of education' - 'The perfection, a comedy of progress' - 'The word, a comedy of words' The leader, broadcast on ABC Radio Helicon (1980) Paradox : man and beast : stones, poems Rudi Krausmann; illustrations, Lorraine Krausmann (1981)
Life is nothing new (1982)
Flowers of emptiness (1982)
Literature, written and edited by Rudi Krausmann; photographs by Michal Kluvanek, Vivienne Mehes, Effy Alexakis (1987)
Air mail from down under : Zeitgenossische literatur Australien, by herausgegeben von Rudi Krausmann & Michael Wilding (1990)
Made in Australia : Die Poesie des funften Kontinents : Australian poetry today : Gegenwardsdichtung Australien, edited by Gisela Triesch & Rudi Krausmann (1994)
Whiskey on snow, broadcast on Radio National (21 February 1996)
The journey and other poems, Krausmann and Garry Shead (1999)
Maps, poems by Rudi Krausmann; drawings by Andrew Sibley (2002).

References:
The Oxford companion to Australian literature, 2nd ed., 1994
AustLit : The Resource for Australian Literature, August 2005.
Published books

Acquisition Details

The collection was acquired in one consignment from Rudi Krausmann in 1988.

Scope and Content

The papers of Rudi Krausmann include correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, reviews and photographs relating to material produced or accumulated by Rudi Krausmann.

The bulk of the collection relates to Krausmann's editorship of the magazine Aspect : art and literature, published with the assistance of the Literature Board of the Australia Council by Aspect Publications, Paddington, NSW, 1975-1989. The magazine provided an international perspective on art and literature from Australia and overseas and attempted to relate the two arts, demonstrating the interdependence of the arts. The publication included plays, poetry, poetry in translation, short stories, critical articles, interviews and reviews.

Access Restrictions

Other

Access: Check with Curator

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

Copying: Check with Curator

Existence and Location of Orginals

Special Collections, UNSW Canberra

Related and Separated Materials

Related Material

Further manuscript material relating to Rudi Krausmann may be found in the Academy Library, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy in the papers of:
Robert Adamson at MSS 149.
Garry Shead at MSS 288.


Separated Material

Further papers of Rudi Krausmann are held at the following institution:
State Library of New South Wales, in The Rudi Krausmann papers at MLMSS.

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.

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