Identity area
Reference code
IRO/1/1/50
Title
Jon Silkin
Date(s)
- 1985 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 file, paper.
Context area
Name of creator
(1930 - 1997)
Biographical history
Jon Silkin went to the University of Leeds as Gregory Fellow in Poetry. He founded Stand magazine in 1952 and the Northern House press in 1965. His publications included nine volumes of poetry and many critical works and anthologies. He held writing fellowships and chairs in the United States, Australia and Japan.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Consists of material related to published works by Jon Silkin.