Negro Anthology Made by Nancy Cunard, 1931-1933
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Title
Negro Anthology Made by Nancy Cunard, 1931-1933
Subject
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.
Description
This first edition of an anthology of black writers includes 19 essays translated from the French by Samuel Beckett. Beckett was a close friend of the famed British expatriate, Nancy Cunard, who ran the Hours Press in Paris. Cunard was involved with many publishing ventures and social causes. Beckett also contributed to her anthology, Henry-Music [for Henry Crowther] and Authors Take Sides on the Spanish War.
Creator
Beckett, Samuel
Publisher
Nancy Cunard at Wishart & Co.
Date
1934
Contributor
Cunard, Nancy
Relation
PR6003 E282 W5 1930 4o: Whoroscope
PR6003 E281 S4 1930 4o: Henry-music
To Thomas McGreevy, 5 January [1933]: "I am doing stuff for Nancy at present - some interesting (Congo Sculpture) some balls (Madagascar). There's one there waiting about the usual assassin signed by the whole surrealiste guild. And a long one by Péret." -The Letters of Samuel Beckett: 1929-1940, p. 149
Friends on the Radical Fringe exhibit case
Format
32 cm.
jpeg; 300 ppi
Language
English
Type
Book
Extent
viii, 854, [2] p. illus. (incl. ports., facsims.) maps (1 fold.)
6 scans
Citation
Beckett, Samuel, “Negro Anthology Made by Nancy Cunard, 1931-1933,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed March 29, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/14846.
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