J G Ballard: Correspondence

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 58 Add MS 88938/2
  • Alternative Id.
      (ark) ark:/81055/vdc_100000000015.0x0002f4
  • Dates of Creation
      1944-2008
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      17 files

Scope and Content

The Series is subdivided into three parts: letters received, letters sent, and correspondence with agents and publishers.

Ballard did not retain his correspondence, and that which has occasionally survived (excepting a postcard from Martin Bax, 1971) is from 1986 onwards, much of which was conducted by fax.

The files include examples of contracts with publishers (1962-1966), some correspondence with literary agencies, and a number of original documents deriving from Lunghua Camp, Shanghai (which Ballard did not receive until 1996-1997) as well as several letters from fellow internees prompted by the publication of Empire of the Sun.

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