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DL/A-Z//ISR - [Correspondence with Peter Israel]

Reference code
DL/A-Z//ISR
Level of description
File
Title
[Correspondence with Peter Israel]
Date/s
1976-1977
Quantity & Format
3 Letters (typescript)
1 Postcards
Corporate name
Albin Michel
Creator
Israel, Peter
Creator
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013
Scope and content
4 items, some highlighted. Correspondence between Peter Israel of Albin Michel Publishers and Doris Lessing, discussing translated publications of her work in France and a cheque that goes missing.

DL/A-Z//ISR/001 [from Peter Israel to Doris Lessing, 06/12/1976]

Letter, 2 leaves, typed.
Writes of the success of Le Carnet D'or, the French translation of The Golden Notebook. Suggests that they put forth The Summer Before Dark to also be translated and published. Mentions the upcoming publication of Le Enfants De La Violence, the French translation of The Children of Violence series. Writes that they have Martha Quest and Proper Marriage formally signed up for future translation and publication.

DL/A-Z//ISR/003 [from Peter Israel to Doris Lessing, 30/12/1976]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Discusses the cheque of 4500 francs that Lessing never received. Details the issues and hopes that it'll "arrange itself" soon.

DL/A-Z//ISR/004 [from Doris Lessing to Peter Israel, 13/01/1977]

Letter, 2 leaves, typed.
Tells Israel not to worry about the cheque. Discusses the issues of money and the idea of "richness". Writes about her French publications, and asks if they would consider translating and publishing some of her short stories, as she believes they are "some of the best things" that she has done. Discusses diary keeping. Recounts in detail a wedding she attended.
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