DL/A-Z//KOL - [Correspondence with Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek]

DL/A-Z//KOL

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[Correspondence with Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek]

1992-1993

11 Letters (typescript)
1 Invitation
1 Pamphlets

Kollek, Teddy
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

13 items, some highlighted. Correspondence between Teddy Kollek, Mayor of Jerusalem, and Doris Lessing. Includes correspondence withj Zev Birger of the Jerusalem International Book Fair and Brie Burkeman, Lessing's agent.

DL/A-Z//KOL/001 [from Teddy Kollek to Doris Lessing, 13/07/1992]

Letter, 2 leaves, typed.
Invites Lessing to be a guest participant in an Aspen Institute Forum entitled 'The Writer as Conscience of the World' the following spring in Jerusalem. Discusses the history and importance of the Jerusalem International Book Fair. Explains the format of the conference. Lessing handwrites on the letter (to Brie Burkeman), "please say yes to this -- it sounds good".

DL/A-Z//KOL/005 [from Doris Lessing to Brie Burkeman, 08/01/1993]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes to Burkeman that she has decided not to go to Jerusalem. Says that it is only "partly political", and that the present "incident" will "not be dead and forgotten" by then. Writes that she doesn't want to "take stands and make statements". Says that she will write to Kollek and say that it is the death of her son, John, which is the reason for her non-attendance, which she writes is "partly true". Encloses material on the event (items 006, 007, 008).

DL/A-Z//KOL/012 [from Doris Lessing to Teddy Kollek, 23/01/1993]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes that she wont be able to attend the Book Fair and apologises. Mentions the death of her eldest son and how she doesn't "have the heart for visiting", as he was planning on coming with her.