| Level | Fonds |
| Finding Number (Click this to use the hierarchy browser to access the full catalogue) | MS688 |
| Title | Drafts of novel by Philip Callow |
| Extent | 1 box |
| Date | c 1975 |
| Description | A series of five drafts of 'The story of my desire', a novel by Philip Callow, which was subsequently published by Bodley Head in 1976. Included is a copy with editorial instructions to the printers. |
| Access Conditions | Access to all registered readers. |
| Copyright | Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Director of Special Collections (email: special-collections@bham.ac.uk). Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Special Collections will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material. |
| Language | English |
| Finding Aids | This is a preliminary description and will be enhanced at a future date. For further information please contact Special Collections. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Administrative History | Philip Callow (1924-2007), novelist, poet and biographer was born in Birmingham, the son of a clerk. He was educated at Coventry Technical College and left when he was fifteen to be apprenticed as a toolmaker. He spent the war years in Leamington Spa and used his experience of wartime deprivations in his later writings. He continued to write in his spare time and in 1956 published his first highly autobiographical novel , 'The hosanna man'. He went on to write a trilogy of novels about working class life in the midlands. 'The story of my desire' continues the characters from the trilogy and draws on his experience of depression during the breakdown of his marriage. Later in his life he turned to writing biographies, one of his subjects being D.H. Lawrence, a major influence on his writing and to whom he has been compared. Callow was an Arts Council writer in residence at Sheffield Polytechnic from 1980-1986 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Source:
Guardian obituaries www.guardian.co.uk (accessed 18 August 2008)
Times obituaries www.timesonline.co.uk (accessed 18 August 2008) |
| Custodial History | Former location: MSS 11/vi/4 |