Brian Aldiss collection, 2004-2009, Date acquired: 00/00/2011, bulk 2006
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Aldiss, Brian W. (Brian Wilson) (1925-2017)
- Abstract:
- The collection includes personal and professional correspondence, manuscript, and typescript drafts of approximately thirty books and short stories, biographical works, and some of personal logs.
- Extent:
- 1.25 Linear Feet
- 3 boxes boxes
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Brian Aldiss collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
Background
- Biographical / historical:
Brian Wilson Aldiss (1925 - 2017) was a science fiction author, a mainstream novelist, a poet, an essayist, a dramatist, a science fiction historian, and a critic whose work was published in dozens of countries around the world. He was born on August 18, 1925 in Dereham, Norfolk, England. In 1943, he was drafted by the Army and was sent to the Britannia Barrack, Norwich; after his training, he joined the Royal Corps of Signals at Catterick Camp, Yorkshire. In 1944, he was transferred abroad and served in India, Assam, Burma, Sumatra, Singapore, and Hong Kong. His experiences here provided material for a number of his books and stories, including the Horatio Stubbs series. Aldiss made his first professional sale in 1954 and published his first book, The Brightfount Diaries, in 1955. He helped found the Oxford University Speculative Fiction Group with C.S. Lewis in 1960. He received OBE (Officer of the British Empire) from Queen Elizabeth in 2005 for services to literature. He wrote in excess of a one-hundred books, many of which were nominated for several awards, including the Nebula, the Locus, the Hugo, and the British Science Fiction Best Novel.
- Acquisition information:
Brian Aldiss
Donation
- Arrangement:
Series.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Science fiction
Fiction
Access and use
- Restrictions:
Access to series 1, subseries 2 "Personal Correspondence" (box 1, folders 4 to 7), is restricted. Written permission from the director of Special Collections is required to view the materials.
- Terms of access:
The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.
- Preferred citation:
Brian Aldiss collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
- Location of this collection:
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The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122TampaFL33620-5400USA
