Writings of Otto Fürth, 1912-1979

Extent:
166 folders
Scope and content:
This series represents the bulk of the collection and contains typescripts and handwritten manuscripts written by Fürth over a sixty year period. The series contains poetry (8 file folders), plays (37 file folders), film and TV sketches (17 file folders), prose writings (22 file folders), essayistic writings (82 file folders) and published reviews of Fürth’s writings (4 file folders). Included in the prose writings are several versions of the unpublished autobiographical Flucht aus dem Schicksal, as well as the original translation by Richard Winston of Fürth’s novel Men in Black (published under the pseudonym Owen Elford).
Arrangement:
Arranged by format, then alphabetically.

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