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DL/A-Z//ROY SL - [Correspondence with The Royal Society of Literature]

Reference code
DL/A-Z//ROY SL
Level of description
File
Title
[Correspondence with The Royal Society of Literature]
Date/s
1996-2006
Quantity & Format
8 Letters (typescript and MS)
Creator
Royal Society of Literature
Scope and content
8 items, some highlighted. Correspondence from The Royal Society of Literature to Doris Lessing, regarding a recorded discussion with Margaret Drabble, and becoming one of the Society's Companion of Literature

DL/A-Z//ROY SL/004 [from Maggie Fergusson of The Royal Society of Literature to Doris Lessing, 21/05/2001]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes to invite Lessing to become one of the Society's two new Companions of Literature. Lists previous recipients of the honour, including Samuel Beckett, E.M. Forster, Iris Murdoch, Muriel Spark and Winston Churchill. Asks if Lessing will accept the honour.
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