| Creator: | Callow, Philip Kenneth |
| Title: | Ackroyd mss. |
| Collection No.: | LMC 1003 |
| Dates: | 1959-1967 |
| Quantity: | Quantity: 1 folio |
| Abstract: | The Ackroyd mss., 1959-1967, consists of letters written to artist Graham Ackroyd, 1920-, from author Philip Kenneth Callow, 1924-2007. |
| Location: | Lilly - Folio |
| Language: | English . |
| Repository: | Lilly Library 1200 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500 Business Number: 812-855-2452 liblilly@indiana.edu URL: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library |
Philip Kenneth Callow, 1924-2007, was born in Stechford, England, on 26 October 1924. He was educated at Coventry Technical College (1937-1939), and following his degree he worked as an electrician as well as a clerk for the Minister of War (1948-1951). He received his Teacher's Certificate in 1970 from St. Luke's College, Exeter, Devon. Callow published his first novel, The Hosanna Man (Cape), in 1956 and went on to publish dozens of novels, biographies, poetry collections, and other works. He recieved several writing awards, including the Arts Council Bursary (1966, 1970, 1973, 1979), Society of Authors Traveling Scholarship (1973), C. Day Lewis Fellowship (1973), and Southern Arts Association Fellowship (1974). From 1980-1986, Callow was the Arts Council Writer-in-Residence at Sheffield Polytechnic. He died in Coventry, England, on 22 September 2007.
Graham Ackroyd was born in England in 1920. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1939 and served in the Middle East until 1945. After his service, he moved to Paris, where he befriended painters Jean Dubuffet, Asger Jorn, Jean Fautrier, and Joan Miró and was inspired to become a painter himself. In addition to painting, Ackroyd published several collections of poetry, including A Trembling Light (1993), Love Feast (1993), Everything Passes (1996), and A Time for Loving (1997). Ackroyd also taught literature and edited the literary magazine Nineties Poetry .
The letters comment on painting, fellow writers and artists, and other details of Callow's life. In 1962 Callow completed a short novel which he said would not be coming out because there was "too much Henry Miller in it." At one time he was seriously considering going to live in Dublin and later asked for advice on ways and means of settling in India and making some sort of living.
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[Item], Ackroyd mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Purchase: 1969