Subseries BXB/1/1/SMK - Ken Smith

Identity area

Reference code

BXB/1/1/SMK

Title

Ken Smith

Date(s)

  • 1978 - 2004 (Creation)

Level of description

Subseries

Extent and medium

8 boxes, 2 oversized items

Context area

Name of creator

(1938-2003)

Biographical history

Ken Smith (1938-2003) was a major voice in world poetry, a writer whose work shifted territory with time, from land to city, from Yorkshire, America and London to war-ravaged Eastern Europe. He was called ‘the godfather of the new poetry’ because his ... Read more

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Consists of letters and proofs relating to the published poetry works of Ken Smith.

Allied materials area

Related units of description

Further archive material for Ken Smith can be found at Leeds University library, Special Collections and Bradford University, JB Priestly Library.

BXB/2/7/85

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