Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, writings, printed material, and electronic media created or collected by English novelist, editor, and translator Alan Hollinghurst. Drafts of Hollinghurst's first four novels, which chronicle gay life in Great Britain, form the bulk of the collection. Also included are drafts of other short writings and unpublished works, a translation of Jean Racine's Bajazet, and screenplay adaptations of The Swimming Pool Library and The Line of Beauty.
Dates
- 1980-2006
Creator
- Hollinghurst, Alan (Author)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Box 14 (computer media): Restricted fragile material. Access copies of electronic files may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Conditions Governing Use
The Alan Hollinghurst Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Alan Hollinghurst and John Byrne on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection Fund, 2019.
Arrangement
Organized into four series: I. Correspondence, 1987-2006. II. Writings, 1980-2006. III. Printed Material, 1988-2005. IV. Computer Media, 2002-2006.
Extent
11.43 Linear Feet (14 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
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Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, writings, printed material, and electronic media created or collected by English novelist, editor, and translator Alan Hollinghurst. Drafts of Hollinghurst's first four novels, which chronicle gay life in Great Britain, form the bulk of the collection. Also included are drafts of other short writings and unpublished works, a translation of Jean Racine's Bajazet, and screenplay adaptations of The Swimming Pool Library and The Line of Beauty.
Alan Hollinghurst (1954-)
Alan Hollinghurst is an English novelist, poet, short story writer, and translator. His works often chronicle gay life in Great Britain and include The Line of Beauty, winner of the 2004 Booker Prize. Hollinghurst was born on May 26, 1954, in Stroud, Gloucestershire, to James and Elizabeth Hollinghurst and attended Magdalene College, Oxford, receiving a B.A. in English in 1975 and a Master of Letters in 1979. As an undergraduate, he won the Newdigate Prize for poetry in 1974. Hollinghurst received the 1989 Somerset Maugham Award for The Swimming Pool Library (1988) and the 1994 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for The Folding Star. Other notable works are The Spell (1988) and The Stranger’s Child (2011), which was longlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2011, Hollinghurst received the Bill Whitehead Award.
Processing Information
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- Authors -- Great Britain -- 20th Century
- Authors -- Great Britain -- 21st century
- Authors, British -- 20th Century -- Archives
- Authors, British -- 21st century -- Archives
- Authors, English -- 20th Century -- Archives
- Authors, English -- 21st century -- Archives
- Born digital
- French literature -- Translations into English
- Gay authors
- Hollinghurst, Alan
- LGBTQ resource
- Newspaper clippings
- Novelists, English
- Photographs
- Screenplays
- Scripts (documents)
- Title
- Guide to the Alan Hollinghurst Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- by Emma Gronbeck
- Date
- May 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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Location
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New Haven, CT 06511
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