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Title: Michael Broomfield Collection of W. S. Merwin, 1948-2018

ID: 01/01/MSS00113

Creator: Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley) (1927-2019)

Extent: 1.7 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Chronological

Date Acquired: 08/06/2018

Languages: English [eng], Multiplelanguages [mul]

Collection of W. S. Merwin printed materials, from early poems published in journals and his first published book A Mask for Janus, to books Merwin contributed to either as translator, editor, writer of introduction, or blurb writer. Includes uncorrected proofs. Most books are cataloged individually and can be searched under “Michael Broomfield Collection of W.S. Merwin” in the library’s online catalog. Broadsides, ephemera, and announcements are arranged roughly in chronological order.

W. S. Merwin is one of America's most distinguished writers, praised for his poetry, his prose, and his translation of foreign literary works into English.

Accruals: Clouds Hill Books, November 2019, purchase. Bibliography of books and other items by W. S. Merwin in the collection of Michael A. Broomfield, July 2022, purchase.

Acquisition Source: Clouds Hill Books

Acquisition Method: Purchase

Related Materials: W. S. Merwin Papers. W. S. (William Stanley) Merwin was a Pulitzer Prize winning poet, translator, and environmental activist. His papers consists of books, notes, manuscripts, correspondence, ideas for poems, published and unpublished works, translations of other author's works, critical writings by Merwin, and select writings about Merwin For more information please see https://archon.library.illinois.edu/rbml/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=2.

Other URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/rbmlsfa/MSS00113_Broomfield_Merwin_Collection.pdf