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Manuscript Name | Papers of John Tranter |
Manuscript Number | MSS 207 |
Last Updated | October 2021 |
Extent | 1 box |
Location | Special Collections, UNSW Canberra |
Abstract | Literary papers, including drafts of poetry, prose, reports, correspondence. Held both as printed material and on floppy disks. |
Literary
A collection of literary papers of John Tranter
1984 - 1991, plus photocopies of a journal dated 1969.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tranter
John Tranter is an Australian poet, publisher and editor. After receiving his BA in 1970, Tranter worked as an editor, including as a producer for ABC radio programmes. He has published over twenty books of his own poetry, many of which have won awards. These include Under Berlin (1993), The Floor of Heaven (1993), At the Florida (1993), Urban Myths: 210 Poems: New and Selected (2006) and Starlight (2010).
As a poetry editor, he founded the electronic journal Jacket, the Australian Poetry Library website, now hosted by the University of Sydney, and co-founded Journal of Poetics Research. He also edited anthologies of Australian poetry, including The New Australian Poetry (1975), The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry (with Philip Mead, 1991), Tin Wash Dish (1988), and The Best Australian Poetry anthologies 2007, 2011 and 2012.
As a radio producer, he co-designed Books & Writing for the ABC in 1975, which ran until 2012. 1987-8, he was head of the ABC Radio National weekly arts program, Radio Helicon.
In 2009, Tranter completed a Doctor of Creative Arts at the University of Wollongong.
References:
Author record, John Tranter, AustLit (www.austlit.edu.au), St Lucia: The University of Queensland, 2002-. [Retrieved from https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A7153 17/01/2019].
Tranter, J. (2012). John Tranter: Biography. Retrieved from http://johntranter.com/00/bio.shtml, 17/01/2019.
Access: Open Access
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.
Copying: No copying is approved.
Papers of John Tranter, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 207, Box [Number], Folder [Number].
The collection was acquired from John Tranter in two consignments.
Australian poetry, poets, Australian poets, Australian editors, editors, radio producers
John Ernest Tranter 1943-
John Tranter
John E Tranter
Mark Pallas
Jennifer Heaslop
Jo Moore
Patrick Lynch
Chris Kruger
Peter J Kruse
Rupert Thompson
Dorian Hawthorn
Tim Smith
Dedalus
Rona Simpson
Joy H Breshan
Randolph Taylor
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Poetry Library
Singer, songwriter, poet, writer
Folder 1
Correspondence, poetry, conference paper, c.1986
Correspondence with L. Hard with listing of material on magnetic discs
Poetry
ACLALS Conference, Singapore University, June, 1986 - ‘What’s New About the New Australian Poetry?’, John Tranter
‘The White Hole Paradox’ - for Martin Johnston
‘The Subtitles’.
Folder 2
Seven 5.25” magnetic floppy disks, 1986
Disks:
four Dysan double-sided, double density, 48 TPI disks;
two Nashua double-sided, double density 96 TPI soft sectored with hub ring MD-2F
one Control Data flexible disk, double-sided, double density.
List in Folder 1 only states contents of four disks:
Disk one: Mostly current poems, some prose.
Disk two: Drafts of two poems, ‘During the War’ (labelled City1, City2...) in eight drafts and ‘Halothane’ in four drafts.
Disk three: Drafts of poems ‘Crocodile Rag’, ‘Gloria’, various reports to the Literature Board, talks and reviews.
Disk four: Letters and lists of addresses.
Information is stated to be encoded in Wordstar for IBM.
Folder 3
Printed copies of material stored on disk in Folder 2, 1986
Folder 4
Printed copies of material stored on disk in Folder 2, 1986
Folder 5
Photocopy of 1969 free journal Free Grass, 1993
Also includes correspondence noting the purpose and history of Free Grass and a copy of an untitled poem authored by Richard Tipping in praise of Free Grass. The copy was sent by John Tranter to the Academy Library in 1993; this reading copy was added to MSS 207 in Jan 2019.