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BLYTHE ARCHIVE ACQUIRED BY THE BRITISH LIBRARY
BLYTHE ARCHIVE ACQUIRED BY THE BRITISH LIBRARY
Ronald Blythe's extensive archive has been acquired by the British Library. The gift, arranged in orderly librarian fashion, includes manuscripts, notebooks and index cards for hundreds of interviews for Akenfield. There are also many letters from the author's wide circle of friends.
Helen Melody, lead curator for contemporary literature and creative archives at the British Library said: 'The archive will be a wonderful resource for Blythe scholars and those interested in the societal and cultural changes that Blythe's work chronicled. The papers offer an amazing insight into the century he lived through because he did a lot of reflecting backwards as well as thinking about contemporary events too.'
BLYTHE BIOGRAPHY WINS NEW ANGLE PRIZE
BLYTHE BIOGRAPHY WINS NEW ANGLE PRIZE
Blythe Spirit: The Remarkable Life of Ronald Blythe, by Ian Collins, has won the 2025 New Angle Prize for Literature.
The judges said: 'Ian Collins moved us with the obvious affection that he has for Ronald Blythe. It is a work that is rich, insightful in its research, which gives a comprehensive but totally fascinating and amusing account of his life and the social history of the region he loved.'
The biennial New Angle prize is awarded to a book in any genre published in the previous two years and set in, or influenced by, the region of East Anglia.
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