The
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University has announced
its acquisition of the papers of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson.
“The Sackville-West and Nicolson archives are an exciting addition to Beinecke Library’s deep holdings of 20th century British literary figures,” said Timothy Young, curator of Modern Books and Manuscripts at the Beinecke Library. “They not only provide extraordinary insight into a remarkable literary legacy, they will be useful in enlightening an entire period in arts and letters, social history, and garden history.”
Sackville-West, an accomplished writer and gardener, is best known for her novels, poetry, and gardening books. She won the prestigious Hawthornden Prize in 1926 for her long narrative poem, ‘The Land,’ and again in 1933 for her Collected Poems. Nicolson is remembered as a diplomat, novelist, and historian. His literary output includes biographies of the poets Paul Verlaine, Lord Tennyson, and Lord Byron.
“The Sackville-West and Nicolson archives are an exciting addition to Beinecke Library’s deep holdings of 20th century British literary figures,” said Timothy Young, curator of Modern Books and Manuscripts at the Beinecke Library. “They not only provide extraordinary insight into a remarkable literary legacy, they will be useful in enlightening an entire period in arts and letters, social history, and garden history.”
Sackville-West, an accomplished writer and gardener, is best known for her novels, poetry, and gardening books. She won the prestigious Hawthornden Prize in 1926 for her long narrative poem, ‘The Land,’ and again in 1933 for her Collected Poems. Nicolson is remembered as a diplomat, novelist, and historian. His literary output includes biographies of the poets Paul Verlaine, Lord Tennyson, and Lord Byron.
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