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Photocopied poster advertising poetry reading sessions, featuring Tony Curtis, Professor Valerio Fissore, film director and writer Andrea Bianchi and poet and translator Silvana Siviero, held at Turin and Milan, no date noted. Poetry is taken from Tony Curtis (ed. Valerio Fissore, trans. Andrea Bianchi/Silvana Siviero): Dal Confine: Selected Poems in Italian (Mobydick, 2000) and Tony Curtis (ed.) (trans. Andrea Bianchi/Silvana Siviero): Assemblea di poeti: poesia anglo-gallese contemporanea (Mobydick, 1998) (see, for example: https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/tony-curtis; https://www.mondadoristore.it/Dal-confine-Testo-gallese-Tony-Curtis/eai978888178156/; https://www.internetculturale.it/it/16/search/expansion?q=&searchType=avanzato&channel__creator=%22Curtis%2C+Tony+%3C1946-++++%3E%22&channel__contributor=%22Curtis%2C+Tony+%3C1946-++++%3E%22&opCha__contributor=OR&opCha__creator=OR; https://opac.sbn.it/risultati-ricerca-avanzata/-/opac-adv/detail/RAV0324699?).

Material relating to the production of The Arches, published by Seren Books in 1998 (see, for example: https://www.serenbooks.com/book/the-arches/), which contains Tony Curtis's poetic responses to collages created by Surrealist artist and poet John Digby. The material includes draft, fair-copy and printed poetry (some annotated by Tony Curtis) and prints and copies of collages by John Digby (where apparent, each collage has been paired with the relevant poem); printed programme, with related material, of a slide/tape presentation of Digby's collages coupled with Curtis's poetry, also called 'The Arches', produced as part of the Festival of Vision held at the University of Glamorgan, May 1996 (text annotated by Tony Curtis); printed booklets titled 'Improvisations on Rimbaud's Drunken Boat' (copyright 1995) and 'Collages' (undated) containing poetry and reproductions of collages by John Digby; and correspondence, 1994-1998 and undated, between John Digby and Tony Curtis, two letters, 1997, from John Digby to Mike Felton of Seren Books and letter, 1996, to Tony Curtis from Anne Cluysenaar of the Usk Valley Vaughan Association. Together with typescript prose piece titled 'Appropriate Behaviour' (author not noted); Arts Council of Wales funding guidelines for 1996/7; note, 1997, to Tony Curtis from Isabelle Thomas, Literature Development Officer for Cambridgeshire County Council; note, 1998, to Tony Curtis from Italian poet Andrea Bianchi; letter, 1998, to Tony Curtis from jazz musician and composer Tim Whitehead; printed invitation to attend a reception at the West Harbour Gallery, Oyster Bay, New York State; paper, most likely authored by Tony Curtis, titled 'A Cageload of Men', which outlines a proposition for 'an exhibition and accompanying publication to explore and illuminate the practice of artists in depicting miners and mining in Wales'; and a case statement titled 'New Europe 1999: Europe Reconsidered at Century's End' compiled by the Dance Theater Workshop, New York City.

Poems by Tony Curtis found loose in the archive, the work dating from the 1960s through to approximately the late 1990s/2000. Many of the poems have been included in published collections of Curtis's work, some of which are described within this archive (for a bibliographical list, see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Curtis_(Welsh_poet). Some of the poems reflect Curtis's life situation at the time of writing, for example his periods of teaching in Cheshire and Yorkshire during the 1970s ('New Post'. 'End of Term', 'Quatrains for a Cheshire May', 'Quatrains for a Cheshire November'). Different versions of the same poem are grouped together so that Curtis's development of the poem from initial rough draft(s) may be traced, with some poem titles changing over time (order in which drafts appear here does not necessarily reflect original development of poems). Occasionally, more than one poem (eg 'Annie', 'The Loft') bear the same title. Some poems have been signed by Curtis and some are dated, occasionally with a brief note relating to, for example, where the poem was published or whether or not the poem had been reworked. Untitled poems are identified by their first line. The poem 'Tramp' is included as a contribution to the 1968 issue of Swansea University student magazine Dawn. Related material, such as press cuttings, information from printed sources and correspondence, are attached to some of the poems. Additional material relating to the poem 'Reg Webb' includes a prose piece by Curtis titled 'Standing in the drafts: writing Reg Webb'.

The poem 'Trek Across Kinder Scout' was contributed by Tony Curtis to the volume Three Young Anglo-Welsh Poets, published by the then Welsh Arts Council in 1974, the other two contributors being Duncan Bush and Nigel Jenkins (see, for example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Bush and Nigel Jenkins Papers at the National Library of Wales). For the collection, see, for example, under heading Three Young Anglo-Welsh Poets (Welsh Arts Council, 1974) and https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1652408.3_Young_Anglo_Welsh_Poets.

Please note that many of these poems may also be found under other headings within this archive.

The material includes an adaptation by Curtis of a poem translated from the Italian by the writer and translator Andrea Bianchi (see 'Sunday Morning in Alba') (for Andrea Bianchi, see, for example: https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/minorities-not-minority-series-2-poets-from-romagna/various/9781907090783) .

Additionally, the following are kept in box containing poems T-Y:
Untitled, fragmentary and rough draft poems (kept in marked folder).
Drafts of contents and acknowledgements pages, many annotated, in preparation for inclusion in published collections of Tony Curtis's poems.
Various poems by Curtis, titled 'Inspiration', 'Tidal', 'Soup', 'Nativity', 'Reg Webb', 'My Papa's Waltz', 'Spring Fed', and the prose piece 'Tortoise' (for which see under heading General prose), the individual works pasted together on sheets of paper.

For Denise Levertov and Michael Harper (see 'Third Didactic Poem' and 'At Abercanaid with Denise Levertov and Michael Harper'), see under heading USA: festivals, inspirations and collaborations. Included with the poem 'At Abercanaid with Denise Levertov and Michael Harper' is a poem by Michael Harper titled 'Visit to Abercanaid', subtitled 'for Denise Levertov'.

WARNING: POEM TITLED 'AFTER THE CRASH' CONTAINS REFERENCES TO CANNIBALISM (See also under heading 'Preparations' within this archive) FACTUAL ACCOUNT, WITH PRESS CUTTING REPORTING THE EVENT

WARNING: POEM TITLED 'WOLF' REFERENCES THE FACTUAL EVENT OF A BABY BORN WITH FACIAL DEFORMITIES, WITH (HYPOTHETICAL) RESPONSES TO THE BABY

WARNING: POEM 'POEM FROM MY FATHER' CONTAINS DETAILED REFERENCES TO A WOMAN'S BODY WASHED UP ON A BEACH; FACTUAL ACCOUNT, WITH PRESS CUTTINGS REPORTING THE EVENT

WARNING: UNTITLED POEM BEGINNING 'WHEN THEY FINALLY BROKE IN ...' CONTAINS REFERENCE TO THE DISCOVERY OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL REMAINS IN A HOUSE. NO APPARENT EVIDENCE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE EVENT WAS FACTUAL. See April 2016 papers under heading Goddard College, where this poem is titled 'The Freezer'.

WARNING: POEM 'ICARUS' REFERENCES A STOWAWAY FROM DELHI FALLING TO HIS DEATH FROM AN AIRCRAFT. WHILE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS PARTICULAR OCCURRENCE IS FACTUAL, SIMILAR EVENTS ARE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE PRESS

Papers relating to a lecture on Anglo-Welsh poetry by Tony Curtis, which include poetry by Anglo-Welsh writers such as Dylan Thomas, R. S. Thomas, Robert Minhinnick and Harri Webb, and printed leaflet relating to the Centre for the Study of Welsh Writing in English at the Polytechnic of Wales (for which see under heading Polytechnic of Wales: Centre for the Study of Welsh Writing in English and November 2018 papers under the same heading).

Material for lectures compiled by Tony Curtis titled 'The Life of the Poem', dated 23 May 1995 and comprising photocopied rough manuscript drafts and photocopied printed poems by Curtis.

Papers relating to a talk by Tony Curtis on his own work and on poet and physician Dannie Abse at the Turin International Book Fair, May 2003, which include advisory notes by event organisers; script of Curtis's talk; and email correspondence between Tony Curtis and Director of Wales Literature Exchange Sioned Puw Rowlands. Also taking part in the talks were author, critic and translator Harri Pritchard-Jones, writer and playwright Eigra Lewis Roberts, poet and translator Silvana Siviero, writer and translator Andrea Bianchi, author, critic and psychiatrist Harri Pritchard-Jones, Professor of English and author Valerio Fissore, Sioned Puw Rowlands, poet and physician Dannie Abse and poet, translator and editor Elin ap Hywel. Emails include somewhat derogatory manuscript annotations by Curtis directed at Harri Pritchard-Jones.

Script of talk by Tony Curtis at an exhibition by sculptor, painter and printmaker Ana Maria Pacheco held at the Harlech Biennale arts festival (year not noted).

Letter to Tony Curtis from Cyril Evans of the National Library of Wales acknowledging Curtis's acceptance of an invitation to present a talk at the Library on 14 November 2018.

Letter from Eiluned Rees, Honorary Secretary of the Llansteffan Historical Society, thanking Tony Curtis for his talk on the First World War as part of Llansteffan Literary Festival 2018.

Script of talk given by Tony Curtis at a ceremony to award landscape painter David Tress the Glyndŵr Prize 2013. With amendments in Curtis's hand.

Printed flyer for talk given by Tony Curtis titled 'Pembrokeshire, Passchendaele and Perth; my family in the Great War', held at the Volcano Theatre, Swansea, 15 November 2018.

See also lecture by Tony Curtis on the life and work of Anglo-Welsh poet and writer John Tripp under heading The Meaning of Apricot Sponge: Selected Writings of John Tripp (Parthian Books, 2010) .

Draft and fair-copied poetry by Tony Curtis which does not appear to have been included in either of the collections Heaven's Gate (Seren Books, 2001) or Crossing Over (Seren Books, 2007). Different versions of the same poem are grouped together so that Curtis's development of the poem from initial rough draft(s) may be traced, with some poem titles changing over time (order in which drafts appear here does not necessarily reflect original development of poems).

The sequence of poems titled 'Crows Edges Black', translated from the Italian by Tony Curtis and Silvana Siviero, also includes a letter to Curtis from Siviero, biographical notes relating to writer and translator Andrea Bianchi and poet Giampiero Neri and excerpts translated by Curtis and Siviero from Neri's L'aspetto occidentale del vestito (Guanda, 1976).

For email, 23 January 2001, to Tony Curtis from Andrea Bianchi and Silvana Siviero, see under heading Letters to Tony Curtis.

WARNING: POEM TITLED 'RACES' CONTAINS (DELIBERATELY) OFFENSIVE RACIAL TERMINOLOGY (PRESUMABLY DOES NOT REFLECT AUTHOR VIEWS) (poem marked with cautionary 'post-it' note)