Call Number:

C1604

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Date:

1956-2006 (inclusive)

Creator:

Greene, James, 1938-

Form:

Correspondence -- 19th century

Abstract:

Consists of correspondence, comprising eighty-one letters, between poet and translator James Greene and other writers and artists, including Ted Hughes and Antony Gormley. The letters range in date from 1956 to 2006.

James Greene, born in 1938, is a poet and translator. He is most known for his translations of Russian poet Osip Mandelstam's work, and many of the letters in the collection concern his translations of Mandelstam's poems.

This collection consists of eighty-one letters to the translator and poet James Greene from various writers and artists, including Raymond Chandler, Ted Hughes, R.D. Laing, John Tavener, Ken Kiff, Frank Kermode, Iris Murdoch, and others. Most of the letters comment on Greene's translations of the poetry of Russian author Osip Madelstam, as well as Greene's own poems and plays, including Dead-man's-fall, Stalin's Mercy, and Stalin's Mirror.

Arranged alphabetically by name by the archivist.