DL/A-Z//SAID - [Correspondence with William Saidi]
Reference code
DL/A-Z//SAID
Level of description
File
Title
[Correspondence with William Saidi]
Date/s
1992-2001
Quantity & Format
8 Letters (typescript and MS)
2 Postcards
2 Postcards
Creator
Saidi, WilliamCreator
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013
Scope and content
10 items, some highlighted. Correspondence between William Saidi and Doris Lessing, regarding books and reading in Zimbabwe.
DL/A-Z//SAID/001 [from William Saidi to Doris Lessing, 12/02/1992]
Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes to thank Lessing for a talk she recently gave, and discusses the thoughts she mentioned during her talk "on the white writer and the whites in Zimbabwe". Mentions how Lessing was "declared a prohibited immigrant" from Rhodesia.
DL/A-Z//SAID/003 [from William Saidi to Doris Lessing, 29/07/1992]
Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Discusses Camilo José Cela's The Family of Pascual Duarte. Writes of the upcoming international book fair in Harare, with the subject of that fair being "believe it or not, the environment". Discusses the drought and maize shortage in Harare.
DL/A-Z//SAID/008 [from William Saidi to Doris Lessing, 06/06/2000]
Letter. 1 leaf, typed.
Discusses Zimbabwean politics and Robert Mugabe. Writes how much he enjoyed Under My Skin, and found it "very relevant to the land issue". Mentions The Daily News, the paper he is editor of, and how well it has been doing recently.
DL/A-Z//SAID/001 [from William Saidi to Doris Lessing, 12/02/1992]
Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes to thank Lessing for a talk she recently gave, and discusses the thoughts she mentioned during her talk "on the white writer and the whites in Zimbabwe". Mentions how Lessing was "declared a prohibited immigrant" from Rhodesia.
DL/A-Z//SAID/003 [from William Saidi to Doris Lessing, 29/07/1992]
Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Discusses Camilo José Cela's The Family of Pascual Duarte. Writes of the upcoming international book fair in Harare, with the subject of that fair being "believe it or not, the environment". Discusses the drought and maize shortage in Harare.
DL/A-Z//SAID/008 [from William Saidi to Doris Lessing, 06/06/2000]
Letter. 1 leaf, typed.
Discusses Zimbabwean politics and Robert Mugabe. Writes how much he enjoyed Under My Skin, and found it "very relevant to the land issue". Mentions The Daily News, the paper he is editor of, and how well it has been doing recently.
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DL/A-Z - [A-Z Correspondence of Doris Lessing]
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DL/2008 - Doris Lessing Archive 2008 deposit