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A Reading at Poets' Workshop / Riddell, Alan., 1968

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Identifier: CC-49980-71039

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Scope and Contents

Alan Riddell was born in 1927 and died in 1977. He was the owner of GALLERY A PRINT WORKSHOP. He was educated in Scotland (he received his MA from the University of Edinburgh) and lived in Greece, Spain, France and Australia. During his time in Australia he worked as a journalist for the Age, Daily Telegraph and Sydney Morning Herald (where he was editor of the education supplement from 1969 to 1970). Riddell's poetry has appeared in numerous journals throughout the world, including Encounter, Botteghe Oscure, Poetry Quarterly, Poor. Old. Tired. Horse., Time and Tide, Points, etc. He founded the periodical, "lines." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1968

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (2 sheets (both sides, photocopied) + 10 prints (photocopied) + 2 prints (photocopied, both sides)) ; sheets 26 x 21 cm + prints 21 x 26 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

box shelf

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Herts, England; London, England : Trent Publication; Poets' Workshop. Nationality of creator: Australian. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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