Listed by Charlotte Berry, Archivist, 18 Feb 2004, and encoded into EAD 2 June 2004.
John Fairfax (1930- ) is a writer educated in Devon who has retained strong links with the county throughout his writing career. Nephew of George Barker, he has a particular interest in installation art and poetry. Together with his life-long friend and fellow poet John Moat, he is also the co-founder of the Arvon Foundation. The first week-long creative writing course was held for Devon schoolchildren in 1968, with Ted Hughes (Poet Laureate) attending as guest reader. The Foundation now runs residential creative writing courses at four centres throughout the United Kingdom.
Publications of John Fairfax include:
This small literary collection contains: three notebooks containing poem drafts and rough notes, with enclosed ms and ts copies 1972-1995; two files of personal correspondence, including from John Moat, 1964-1988; one portfolio of five 'poem posters' John Fairfax and Ken Turner n.d. [1980s]; one audio cassette of songs
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Purchased by the Library in 2003.
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