DL/A-Z//NEW YORKE - [Correspondence with Alice Quinn of the New Yorker]

DL/A-Z//NEW YORKE

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[Correspondence with Alice Quinn of the New Yorker]

1997

1 Fax
1 Letters (typescript)

New Yorker
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

2 items, highlighted. Correspondence between Alice Quinn, Deputy Fiction Editor of the New Yorker and Doris Lessing, discussing changing the Greek name Demi in Lessing's novel to avoid confusion with the American actress, Demi Moore.

DL/A-Z/NEW YORKE/001 [from Alice Quinn to Isabel Pilsworth, copied to Doris Lessing, 20/06/1997]

Fax, 1 leaf, printed.
Writes that Lessing's character, a "Greek fellow", is called Demetrius, nicknamed Demi. Discusses Demi Moore and her "notorious" photoshoot, writing that "Bill feels it's a bit confusing". Asks whether Lessing could choose a name that "cannot be mistaken for a woman's name".

DL/A-Z//NEW YORKE/002 [from Doris Lessing to Alice Quinn, undated]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes that they can change Demetrious and Demi to Dimitrious and Dmitri. Writes that she "lose the feeling of anglicising and subtly diminishing the name". Asks "how long will it be before some little Greek boy in the States, called Demetrious, can be nicknamed Demi, and not earn accusations of being a sissy?". Finishes the letter by saying "I'll put back Demetrious and Demi when the story is reprinted".