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SUMMARY:Norman Nicholson - Beyond Lakeland
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DESCRIPTION:Norman Nicholson (1914-1987) was an English poet and writer w
 ho was known for his lifelong connection to the small industrial town of
  Millom on the west coast of Cumbria.  Although his work is clearly root
 ed in the local\, he is far from being a merely local poet.  His books o
 f poetry\, his dramas\, and his charmingly written autobiography Wednesd
 ay Early Closing were all published by Faber and Faber\; his topographic
 al works by the publishers Robert Hale\; and his many critical reviews a
 nd essays by a range of leading journals\, including the Times Literary 
 Supplement\, The Church Times\, The Listener and John O’London’s.  Nicho
 lson was also the recipient of a number of prestigious awards and prizes
 \, amongst these the Heinemann Award\, the Cholmondeley Award\, the Quee
 n’s Medal\, an OBE\, and several honorary degrees\, including one from M
 anchester University.  It is not surprising\, therefore\, that his work 
 was also known abroad\, not only in English-speaking countries such as C
 anada or the US\, but also in non-Anglophone countries.\n\nThe John Ryla
 nds Library has important and extensive collections of materials relatin
 g to the life and work of Norman Nicholson\, including The Norman Nichol
 son Papers\, Papers from the Norman Nicholson Book Collection\, Papers o
 f Doreen Cornthwaite relating to Norman Nicholson\, The Matt Simpson Col
 lection of Norman Nicholson Letters\, and the Norman Nicholson Book Coll
 ection itself. Many of these materials are recent acquisitions and have 
 not yet been studied in any real detail\, while even the original deposi
 ts remain relatively unexamined.\n\nDr. Antoinette Fawcett will introduc
 e the audience to Nicholson’s work and then focus on two major aspects o
 f the materials she has already examined in the Norman Nicholson Archive
  and the Norman Nicholson Book Collection: the evidence for the receptio
 n of Nicholson’s poetic drama The Old Man of the Mountains in Denmark\; 
 and the evidence for Nicholson’s relationship with the Italian language 
 and culture and his reception in Italy.\n\nAntoinette has been working o
 n archival materials in the John Rylands Library since mid-January 2016\
 , so the research she presents is very much a work in progress\, but it 
 is fresh and exciting in extending the range of what is commonly known a
 bout Nicholson’s work\, and should help to contribute to the recent upsu
 rge of academic and general interest in Nicholson’s life and writings.\n
 
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LOCATION:Christie Room\, John Rylands Research Institute and Library\, 15
 0 Deansgate\, Manchester\, Gtr Manchester\, M3 3EH
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