CAUSLEY (Charles, 1917-2003, Cornish Poet, Schoolmaster and Writer)

Autograph Letter Signed in full to Terence TILLER (1916-1987, Poet and Radio Producer) saying that he has been “asked by Authopoetry... to edit a 12” LP of Cornish poets. I’d like very much for you to come in on this, and read about 10 minutes of your own poetry. It isn’t essential, but if you have anything specifically Cornish in origin I’d like you to include this. Material can be already published, or unpublished - just as you wish. If you’ll agree in principle they’ll write to you direct about terms...”, 1 side 8vo., on headed paper, 2 Cyprus Well, Launceston, Cornwall, 4th February, together with a carbon copy of Tiller’s reply in which accepts the offer “though, curiously enough I have very little that is actually connected with Cornwall...”, 1 side 8vo., 13th February

Tiller was actually born in Cornwall though he was educated in London. Just before the war, he accepted an academic position in Cairo, where he remained stranded. For the next six years he taught English literature at what was then the King Fuad I University. While there he became associated with the Personal Landscape group of poets that also included Keith Douglas, Lawrence Durrell, Robin Fedden and Bernard Spencer. His enigmatic poems about wartime Egypt, showing the influence of Wilfred Owen, gained attention through the publication of his Poems in 1941, followed by The Inward Animal in 1943.

Item Date:  1962

Stock No:  43782      £150

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