Correspondence between John Betjeman and Kathleen Raine. Raine was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1992. In addition to poetry she completed scholarly work on William Blake and W. B. Yeats, and co-founded the Temenos literary journal and later the Temenos Academy of Integral Studies. In this telegram Raine congratulates Betjeman on becoming England's Poet Laureate.

In Collection:

• John Betjeman Collection

Creator

• Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003

Contributor

• Betjeman, John, 1906-1984

Subject

• Betjeman, John, 1906-1984
• Poets laureate
• Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
• Broadcasters
• Critics
• Scholars
• Periodical editors
• Telegraph
• Poets
• Authors, English
• Journalists
• Poets, English
• Authors

Language

• eng

Date created

• October 10, 1972

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 page

Geographic Coverage

• England--London

Coordinates

• 51.50853, -0.12574

Additional physical characteristics

• Typewritten.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• John Betjeman Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• correspondence
• telegrams

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2000-010; Box 37, Folder 13

Fonds title

• John Betjeman fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC015

Is referenced by

• Special Collections finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/john-betjeman-fonds

Date digitized

• March 17, 2023

Technical note

• Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.

Rights

• Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/sxnm-j160

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