DL/A-Z//COSG/2 - [Correspondence with Simon Cosgrove: 1995-1996]

DL/A-Z//COSG/2

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[Correspondence with Simon Cosgrove: 1995-1996]

11/11/1995-09/09/1996

4 Letters (typescript and MS)
3 Fax
1 Postcards

Saro-Wiwa, Ken
Mayers, Mary

Cosgrove, Simon

004 is a fax from Simon Cosgrove (now in Moscow) to Doris Lessing. He mentions reading Under My Skin. He describes his reaction to a recent suicide in his extended family, including some personal details [GDPR].

005 is a letter from Lessing to Cosgrove. She thanks him for sending her "cuttings". She regrets that Cosgrove can't stay at her house since she is presently hosting the brother of Ken Saro-Wiwa. She mentions reading Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls.

006 is a letter from Cosgrove to Lessing. He thanks her for a fax, sent on his birthday [not here]. He discusses reading Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse and identifying the influences of T.S. Eliot and Samuel Beckett.

007 is a letter from Lessing to Cosgrove. She thanks him for cuttings [Russian news?]. Mentions a "cliff-hanger" election [in Russia?].

008 is a letter from Lessing to Cosgrove. She mentions finishing writing Walking in the Shade.

009 is a postcard from Cosgrove to Lessing, wishing her a swift recovery.

010 and 011 are faxes – identical in content, with different dates – from Cosgrove to Lessing. He describes his life in Moscow, mentions applying for a job at the EU Moscow office and handing in his notice for "the editing job".