Cornelis Vleeskens interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 125527
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Vleeskens, Cornelis 1948-2012, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open to transcript for research; written permission required for research use of audio; transcript and audio closed for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 1981 Oct. 29
- 2 sound tape reels (ca. 106 min.)
- Series:
- Hazel de Berg collection ; DeB 1239-1240
- Summary:
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Vleeskens speaks of his work as editor of "Fling Magazine"; the aims of "Fling." Vleeskens describes his family migration to Australia in 1958; his school days in Rooty Hill; his dislike of university studies; working at odd jobs around the country; involvement with drugs; translating his experiences into poems; moving into a rural dairying community in Queensland in 1975 and commencing an Arts Degree; his method of work and provides background information on some of his poems; working as editor for Makar Press. Vleeskens reads the poems: "Hong Kong suicide", "Poem for Celia", "The Japan poem", "Any day in August", "Sidewalk in New York", "Soft", "Comfortable as my old home","Touching on red cedar", "Manning the river" and "The '98 flood."
- Notes:
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- Recorded on 29 October 1981.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Related Material:
- Portrait of Cornelis Vleeskens taken during an oral history interview, 29 October 1981; National Library of Australia Pictures collection PIC P1544/69 Album 900a LOC Cold Store PIC DE BERG
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available (32 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- De Berg, Hazel, 1913-1984, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Hazel de Berg collection.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2051 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1981
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