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Typewriter poetry

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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1767 Collections and/or Records:

Vol Voleauvent / Chopin, Henri., 1966

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Identifier: CC-18687-19060
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This is the original typing for the print and a page (also held by the Sackner Archive) that appeared in Chopin's book, "Le Dernier Roman du Monde." A vol-au-vent is the French name for a baked puff pastry batter. In Flanders the pastry is filled with a chicken, meatball and mushroom sauce. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Vol Voleauvent / Chopin, Henri., 1966

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Identifier: CC-18688-19061
Scope and Contents

This was a page from Chopin's book, "Le Dernier Roman du Monde." A vol-au-vent is the French name for a baked puff pastry batter. In Flanders the pastry is filled with a chicken, meatball and mushroom sauce. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Warp & Peace / Brannen, Jonathan ; Huth G., 1989

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Identifier: CC-21552-21963
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The introduction was written by Geof Huth. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

was an old woman lived in the buddhashoe (290663-060763) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1963

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Identifier: CC-08879-9055
Scope and Contents This page includes 11 typewriter poems including a oiem in five parts as an homage to Leopold Sedar Senghor. Wikipedia: Léopold Sédar Senghor (9 October 1906 "“ 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who for two decades served as the first president of Senegal (1960"“1980). Senghor was the first African elected as a member of the Académie française. Before independence, he founded the political party called the Senegalese Democratic Bloc. He is regarded by many as one of the most important African intellectuals of the 20th century. He graduated from the University of Paris, where he received the Agrégation in French Grammar. Subsequently, he was designated professor at the universities of Tours and Paris, where he taught during the period 1935"“1945. Senghor decided to start his teaching years at the Lycée René-Descartes in Tours; he also taught at the Lycée Marcelin Berthelot in Saint-Maur-des-Fosses near Paris.[14] He also studied linguistics...
Dates: 1963

What / bissett, bill., 1974

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Identifier: CC-20949-21358
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The typewriter derived prints in this publication are printed on different weight and colored papers. A critical analysis of these poems was written by jw curry in an unpublished manuscript, What about what (1985). He pointed out that permutation of what to 'twhat or twat' depicted "by typewriter drawings of female genitalia, more 'pedals uv yr luv' opening into the fullness of an upper-cased WHAT..." Atwha signifies 'a trois,' depicted by 2 sexual images, one a photograph, the other a typed poem with x's & o's. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

why many monks know whatimeverythingoeschlupft (290663) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1963

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Identifier: CC-55850-58820
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The text zig-zags downward. The Geman word at the end of this poem, 'schlupft' meansslip or stumble in Englsih. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Willem Boshoff, 2005

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Identifier: CC-45910-48612
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The author states that Boshoff's typewriter, concrete poetry book entitled "KykAfrikaans" is one of the most remarkable books ever published in South Africa. Twelve pages of this book deal with the making of "KykAfrikaans" along with representative images. The published book as well as the original typings are held by the Sackner Archive. Vladislavic also describes and provides reproductions of Kleinpen I and Bangboek. The former is held in its entirety by the Sackner Archive; for the latter, one original page, photocopied pages of the remainder, and the code decipher are held by the Sackner Archive. In the postscript essay, Ivan Vladsilavic declares, "In recent years, Boshoff has become one of South Africa's most visible, successful artists. This has awakened interest in his early works, such as KykAfrikaans and Bangboek, which have been shown internationally after long obscurity. He continues to make dictionaries." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2005