Spy author John le Carre is to give his literary archive to the world famous library at Oxford University, his “spiritual home”, it was announced on Thursday.
The collection contains family papers, photographs, letters and manuscripts, including drafts of one of le Carre’s best known novels, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”.
The author said he wanted to give the material to the Bodleian Library at the prestigious university where he studied, rather than sending it to an American institution.
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(AFP) Le Carre gifts archive to Oxford's Bodleian library
Spy author John le Carre is to give his literary archive to the world famous library at Oxford University, his “spiritual home”, it was announced on Thursday.
The collection contains family papers, photographs, letters and manuscripts, including drafts of one of le Carre’s best known novels, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”.
The author said he wanted to give the material to the Bodleian Library at the prestigious university where he studied, rather than sending it to an American institution.
Read it all.