Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1985 - 2017 (Creation)
Level of description
Archive Collection
Extent and medium
1.5 linear metres.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Peter Bennet did a part-time Creative Writing MA at Newcastle University. He has received major awards from New Writing North and Arts Council England and been a prizewinner in the National and the Arvon International Poetry Competitions, and in the Basil Bunting Awards.
All the Real is a poetry collection published in 1994. The Long Pack is a poetry collection published in 2002. Goblin Lawn: New and Selected Poems is a poetry collection published in 2005, and it was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation. The Glass Swarm is a poetry collection published in 2008, and it was a Poetry Book Society Choice which was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. The Game of Bear is a poetry collection published in 2011.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
This archive was deposited with Newcastle University Special Collections by Peter Bennet in 2017.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Consists of the working papers and correspondence of the poet Peter Bennet.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Further accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open with some restrictions (researcher interview may be required)
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright restrictions apply
Language of material
- English
Script of material
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
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Name access points
- Bennet, Peter, 1942-, author (Subject)