Papers of Stephen Edgar
MSS 120
Collection Title
Papers of Stephen EdgarCollection Identifier
MSS 120Inclusive date(s)
1968 to 2003Extent and Medium
Creator(s)
Category
Subject: Person(s)
Subject: Organisation(s)
Collection Description
Literary papers, including drafts of prose, poems, and translations. Also includes correspondence, including with publishers, proofs, and an interview on cassette with Peter Reading.
Administrative / Biographical history
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Edgar
Stephen Edgar is an Australian poet and editor. After having his first published poetry appear in The Tasmanian Review in 1979, he became a subeditor of that magazine (after it became Island)in 1986 and served as poetry editor from 1989 - 1994. He has been extensively published in print and online, including at Poetry Foundation.
His published works include Queuing for the Mudd Club (1985), Ancient Music (1988), Lost in the Foreground (2003).
Edgar has received a number of awards for poetry, including the Harri Jones Memorial Prize for Poetry (1984), Grace Leven prize for Poetry (2003), Australian Book Review Poetry Prize (2005).
References:
Author record, Stephen Edgar, AustLit (www.austlit.edu.au), St Lucia: The University of Queensland, 2002-. [Retrieved from https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A20743 14/01/2019].
Poetry Foundation. (2019). Stephen Edgar. Retrieved from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/stephen-edgar, 14/01/2019.
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
A collection of literary papers of Stephen Edgar, created principally during the 1980s and 1990s, but including material until 2003. The earliest material dates from 1968, when Edgar was 17. The collection consists in the main of drafts of Edgar's literary output, especially poetry but including prose work. The collection also includes general and literary correspondence, a typescript of Queuing for the Mudd Club (1985), and a 1989 interview on audio cassette with Peter Reading.
Access Restrictions
Other
Access: The permission of Stephen Edgar is required to access this collection.
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 If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items.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: No copying is approved.
Existence and Location of Orginals
Related and Separated Materials
The Academy Library holds the Papers of Island Magazine at MSS 026.
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.