Brian Penton letters from Norman Lindsay, circa 1935

MLMSS 6028

fonds

ca. 1935

99396

Microfilm : CY 3539, frames 111-137

0.02 metres of textual material (1 folder)

Brian Penton was born in Brisbane in 1904. His long career in journalism culminated with his appointment as editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph in 1941. He produced a number of books including two novels, Landtakers (1934) and Inheritors (1936). He died in 1951.

Four holograph letters from Norman Lindsay to Brian Penton.
1. Discusses art generally and proposes and exchange of novels (3 pp.)
2. Discusses writing methods. Includes references to Hugh McCrae (8 pp.)
3. Discusses writing, aesthetics and sex. Includes references to Philip and Ray Lindsay (4 pp.)
4. Discusses the manuscript of a novel that Penton has sent him (6 pp.)