The Knowlson/Samuel Beckett Collection

Item date: 20th century
Grant Value: £10,000 (Philip Larkin Fund)
Item cost: £337,000
Item cost pre-decimal: NULL
Item date acquired: 2008
Item institution: Reading University Library
Town/City: Reading
County: Berkshire

Original manuscripts, drafts, letters, diaries and notebooks of Samuel Beckett (1906-89), and a large library of printed books related to him, collected by Professor Knowlson, Beckett's friend and authorised biographer.

Item Provenance
Professor James Knowlson