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Brasch, Charles : Literary and personal papers

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Reference NumberARC-0124CreatorBrasch, Charles Orwell, 1909-1973DescriptionThe collection includes Charles Brasch's copies of 'Landfall', correspondence with 'Landfall' contributors, and illustrations used in 'Landfall'. Also included is Brasch's personal correspondence, which includes letters relating to 'Landfall', and family papers.
Only a small part of this collection is digitised and available through Digital Collections. Information about other items can be found on the Hākena catalogue, through the Library Catalogues link above.History / BiographyBrasch was born in Dunedin in 1909, the son of Hyam, a lawyer, and Helene Brasch (nee Fels). Helene died when Charles was very young and he was brought up by his father. He attended Waitaki Boys High School and from there went on to St John's College, Oxford, where he read modern history. After this period, he continued to spend many years in England, Europe and the Middle East, where he wrote poetry, taught and took part in archaeological excavations. In 1947 he returned to Dunedin and founded the literary quarterly 'Landfall' which he edited for its first twenty years, until 1966. While chiefly a literary enterprise, 'Landfall' also included critical comment and a representation of current work in the visual arts.
The aims of 'Landfall' were supported by Denis Glover and the Caxton Press, who published 'Landfall' and also six collections of Brasch's poetry: 'The Land and the People' (1939), 'Disputed Ground' (1948), The Estate and Other Poems' (1957), 'Ambulando' (1964), 'Not Far Off' (1969) and 'Home Ground' (1974).
As well as his 'Landfall' work, Brasch served on numerous arts committees and was one of the most generous benefactors of the arts in New Zealand, and especially of Dunedin's libraries, art galleries and museums. Brasch died in Dunedin in 1973.
(From: 'Southern People: A Dictionary of Otago Southland Biography', ed. Jane Thomson, Dunedin, 1998).

Photograph

'After the gale October 1931, Manono'

Inside verandah [at Manono]

Unidentified child riding a tricycle

Sundial in a garden

Unidentified man standing on beach

Unidentified boy standing next to an unidentified man and woman

Willi Fels, Lesley Brasch, an unidentified boy and two unidentified women having a picnic

Unidentified man holding a small child, with unidentified woman on a porch

Willi Fels and two unidentified women

Looking up at verandah of wooden house

Unidentified woman, man and six children

Charles and Lesley Brasch

Ten unidentified people in a row boat

Henry and Lesley Brasch and three unidentified women having a picnic

Henry and Lesley Brasch, Jane McCartney and two unidentified women sitting on grass

Five people sitting on grass bank

Kawarau Gorge

View from bridge overlooking river

Kawarau Gorge suspension bridge

Roaring Meg

[Lesley Brasch]

Roaring Meg

Archival Text

Christmas card from the Percy family

Christmas card with photograph of Anne and Janet

Postcard addressed to Mrs A. Forsyth

Menu with inscription

Charles Brasch

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SubjectsArtCriticsArtistsPoetsPoetryAuthorsLiterature - history and criticismJewish families

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