John Hawkes Collection
Correspondence from Hawkes to William Matheson and a poster advertising a reading by Hawkes.
Dates
- Creation: 1968-1983
Creator
- Hawkes, John, 1925-1998 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Conditions Governing Use
Users of the collection must read and agree to abide by the rules and procedures set forth in the Materials Use Policies.
Providing access to materials does not constitute permission to publish or otherwise authorize use. All publication not covered by fair use or other exceptions is restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder, which may or may not be Washington University.
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Extent
2.00 items
1 folders
Biographical Information
John Hawkes, born John Clendennin Talbot Burne Hawkes, Jr. (August 17, 1925 – May 15, 1998), was a postmodern American novelist, known for the intensity of his work, which suspended the traditional constraints of the narrative. Born in Stamford, Connecticut, and educated at Harvard University, Hawkes taught at Brown University for thirty years. Although he published his first novel, The Cannibal, in 1949, it was The Lime Twig (1961) that first won him acclaim. His second novel, The Beetle Leg (1951), an intensely surrealistic western set in a Montana landscape came to be viewed by many critics as one of the landmark novels of 20th century American literature. Hawkes died in Providence, Rhode Island.
Method of Acquisition
Accession number 891. Gift of William Matheson, January 28, 1968
Provenance of poster unknown
Processing Information
Processed July 1969
Creator
- Hawkes, John, 1925-1998 (Person)
- Title
- John Hawkes Collection
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
Revision Statements
- 2021 February 24: Resource record updated in ArchiveSpace by Sarah Schnuriger.
Collecting Area Details
Part of the Manuscripts Collecting Area
Joel Minor
Olin Library, 1 Brookings Drive
MSC 1061-141-B
St. Louis MO 63130 US
(314) 935-5495
spec@wumail.wustl.edu