May 15, 2014, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsAcclaimed writer Ian McEwan’s archive acquired The Harry Ransom Center has acquired the archive of writer Ian McEwan (b. 1948), one of the most distinguished novelists of his generation. The archive documents McEwan’s career and includes early material from his childhood and adolescence, as well as his earliest abandoned stories dating from the late-1960s and early… read more
May 14, 2014, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + Events, FilmTomorrow in the theater: “All Quiet on the Western Front” Tomorrow, May 15, the Ransom Center will screen All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), the second film of the World War I Film Series, held in conjunction with the current exhibition, The World at War, 1914–1918. The film will be shown in the Ransom Center’s theater at 7 p.m.… read more
May 13, 2014, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsSebastian Barry’s newest novel “The Temporary Gentleman” now available Sebastian Barry, whose archive resides at the Ransom Center, has written a new novel, The Temporary Gentleman, the latest of six distinct yet related books based on the characters and events of Barry’s own family. The Irish poet, novelist, and playwright is the author of the critically acclaimed play The… read more
May 13, 2014, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsL.A. theater company resurrects deleted monologue in Sebastian Barry’s “The Steward of Christendom” Sebastian Barry’s play The Steward of Christendom tells the story of Irishman Thomas Dunne, the former chief of the Dublin Metropolitan Police who is now confined to an asylum. He reminisces about his personal and professional life, going back and forth between lucidity and seeming incoherence. A Roman Catholic still… read more
May 9, 2014, Filed Under: Research + TeachingRansom Center to host more than 80 scholars in fellowship program’s 25th year The Ransom Center will support more than 80 research fellows for 2014–2015, the 25th anniversary of the fellowship program. Since the program’s inception, the Center has awarded fellowships to more than 900 scholars from around the world. The fellowships support research projects in the humanities that require substantial on-site use… read more
May 8, 2014, Filed Under: AuthorsAuthor Jim Crace awarded literary prize This year, novelist Jim Crace, whose archive resides in the Ransom Center, has received an award of $150,000 for his fiction writing. Presented by Yale University, the Windham Campbell Prize is awarded to writers of fiction, nonfiction, and drama to financially support their literary endeavors.
