| Date Span: | 1990-1995 |
| Creator: | Drabble, Margaret (1939-) |
| Extent: | 4.75 linear feet. |
| Collection Number: | msc0199A |
| Repository: | University of Iowa Special Collections |
| Summary: | Acclaimed British novelist and scholar. Research files, including administrative material, research materials, and corrected typescripts for her 1995 biography of novelist Sir Angus Wilson. |
Access: At this time, access to this collection must be expressly granted by Margaret, Lady Holroyd (Margaret Drabble).
Use: Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.
Acquisition: This collection was acquired from Margaret Drabble following the publication of her book in 1995.
Preferred Citation: Margaret Drabble Research Files, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.
| Repository: | University of Iowa Special Collections |
| Address: | Special Collections Department University of Iowa Libraries Iowa City, IA 52242 |
| Phone: | 319-335-5921 |
| Curator: | Greg Prickman |
| Email: | lib-spec@uiowa.edu |
| Website: | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc |
Margaret Drabble was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, on June 5, 1939. She read English at Newnham College, Cambridge and, after leaving college, joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1960, where she understudied for Vanessa Redgrave. However, she left the RSC after only a few years, to pursue a career as a novelist. Her first novel, A Summer Bird Cage, was published in 1963. Drabble would go on to publish a number of acclaimed novels, including, among others, The Millstone (winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, 1965), Jersualem the Golden (winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, 1967), The Needle's Eye (1972), The Realms of Gold (1975), The Middle Ground (1980), The Gates of Ivory (1991), and The Witch of Exmoor (1996).
In addition to her works of fiction, Drabble is a notable literary scholar, who has edited several volumes (such as The Oxford Companion to English Literature, 1985 and 2000), produced works on Wordsworth and Hardy, to name a few subjects, and written full-length studies of novelists Angus Wilson and Arnold Bennett. She has also written numerous plays, short stories, and screenplays.
Drabble married her second husband, the writer Michael Holdroyd, in 1982. She was made a Commander of the British Empire in 1980, and in 2008 was promoted to Dame Commander of the British Empire, for services to literature.
Browse by Series:
Series 1: ADMINISTRATIVE MATERIALS
Series 2: ALPHABETICAL FILES
Series 3: ANGUS WILSON: A BIOGRAPHY
Series 4: RESEARCH MATERIALS
Series 5: NOTEBOOKS
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