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Finding-Aid for the Robert David Cohen Papers (WTU00027)Finding aid prepared by:
Special Collections Staff
Summary Information
Robert David Cohen. Papers,
Cohen, Robert
David, 1945-
1968-1969.
48 items
WTU00027
Language: English
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO 63130
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Biography
Robert David Cohen is an American author who has spent a considerable
time living and working in Mexico. He has been associated with El Corno Emplumado , working as an editor with his
wife, the poet and editor Margaret Randall. He has been a close friend
of the poet Robert Sward. Cohen, Sward, and the late British writer Ann
Quin corresponded regularly and worked closely together on a number of
projects in the 1960's, especially when the three were together in
Mexico.
Collection Scope and Content Note
Scope and Contents Note
The Cohen Papers include correspondence from Sward and Quin to Cohen,
written while Cohen lived in Mexico in 1968-1969, as well as poetry
manuscripts written by Cohen alone and by the three authors together.
The collection also contains a notebook by Cohen which held notes about
Sward and notes toward The Play , a
collaborative work by Sward and Cohen.
Subject Terms
- Cohen, Robert David, 1945-
- Quin, Ann, 1936-1973
- Sward, Robert, 1933-
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