DL/A-Z//WESK/2 - [Correspondence with Arnold Wesker re: Salman Rushdie]

DL/A-Z//WESK/2

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[Correspondence with Arnold Wesker re: Salman Rushdie]

1989-1992

10 Letters (typescript and MS)
2 Fax
1 Postcards

Wesker, Arnold
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

13 items, some highlighted. Personal correspondence between Arnold Wesker and Doris Lessing regarding Salman Rushdie and a petition to confer a honorary degree to Rushdie. Includes correspondence with the University of East Anglia.

DL/A-Z//WESK/2/002 [from Arnold Wesker to Doris Lessing, 06/08/1992]

Letter, 1 leaf, handwritten.
Asks Lessing to sign a letter, along with other honorary doctorates, to propose that Rushdie be conferred an Honorary Doctorate by the University of East Anglia.

DL/A-Z//WESK/2/003 [from Doris Lessing to Arnold Wesker, 09/08/1992]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes that she won't be signing the letter, and thinks it "awful cheek" to tell a university who it should give degrees to. Discusses the Fatwa and how it "has nothing to do with religion, and everything to do with politics".

DL/A-Z//WESK/2/004 [from Arnold Wesker to Doris Lessing, 11/08/1992]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes to urge Lessing to "think again". Mentions that it was Chris Bigsby's idea. Discusses how it would improve Rushdie's "state of mind". Lessing handwrites on the letter "OK I signed it".

DL/A-Z//WESK/2/010 [from Derek Burke of University of East Anglia to Arnold Wesker, 29/10/1992]

Fax, 1 leaf, printed.
Writes that the committee have met and they have decided that they are unable to confer an Honorary Doctorate to Salman Rushdie.

DL/A-Z//WESK/2/013 [from Doris Lessing to Arnold Wesker, 05/11/1992]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes that she doesn't want "to go any further with this", and that she was "dubious about it from the start". Discusses the Salman Rushdie affair.