CONTEMPORARY ANGLO-AMERICAN LITERATURE - Anita Brookner (London, 1928 - 2016) - Two letters signed
Lot 156 · December 2023 - Autographs, Letters & Historical Documents · 05 December 2023
Estimate: £350 - £450
Anita Brookner (London, 1928 - 2016)1 autograph letter signed and 1 typed letter signed by the English novelist and Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge between 1967 and 1968. In 1984, her novel Hotel du Lac was awarded the Booker Prize for Fiction.Autograph letter signed dated 11th May 1987. To Jane Chappell, about her approach to writing: "I do enjoy writing, but I think it takes a great deal of stamina". 1 p., with printed address at the letterhead.Typed letter signed dated 17th May 1990. To Rolando Pieraccini regarding his offer to publish one of her short stories: "I cannot help you, I’m afraid, as I have written neither short stories or plays". 1 p., with printed address at the letterhead.