Collection ID: LMC 2844
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Summary

Creator:
Gollancz, Victor, 1893-1967
Abstract:
The Gollancz, Victor mss., 1935-1985, consist of correspondence, reader's reports, and files relating to authors and works published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.
Extent:
2 Boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Item], Gollancz, Victor mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Sir Victor Gollancz, 1893-1967, was a British publisher and supporter of left-wing causes. Gollancz founded his publishing company, Victor Gollancz Ltd., in 1927, publishing primarily pacifist and socialist works as well as founding the Left Book Club, a monthly book club and publishing group. After World War II, his humanitarian and publishing efforts focused on Germany.

Scope and Content:

Materials in this collection include racist language.

The collection consists of correspondence between Victor Gollancz, authors and others regarding translation and publication of literary works between 1934 and 1967. This collection also includes correspondence after the passing of Gollancz regarding further publishing communications as well as rights concerns amidst the merger of Victor Gollancz Ltd. in the 1980s and 1990s.

Box 1 contains communication with authors Alejo Carpentier, Joyce Cary, Joseph E. Davies, and Franz Kafka as well as translators Edwin Muir, Frances Partridge, and Harriet Onís. It is of note that while communication regarding the translation of Kafka's The Trial is between Gollancz and Edwin Muir, it is now widely accepted that the majority of the translation of The Trial was done by Willa Muir with assistance from Edwin, who historically had been credited as the primary translator.

Box 2 contains communication discussing the translation and publishing of Alejo Carpentier's novels Reasons of State and Explosion in a Cathedral. Communication with Alejo Carpentier was taken over by Livia Gollancz after Victor's passing in 1967.

Acquisition information:
Purchase: 2013
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged by work and/or author.

Physical location:
ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility)

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is open for research.

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TERMS OF ACCESS:

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PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], Gollancz, Victor mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
1200 East Seventh Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
(812) 855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu