Papers of Arthur Wesley Wheen, 1920-1965 (bulk 1920-1940) [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 1549388
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- Wheen, A. W. (Arthur Wesley), 1897-1971
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research.
- Description:
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- [1920-1965]
- 9 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- Summary:
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The collection contains manuscripts, typescripts and galley proofs of Wheen's translations, together with letters from Remarque, and Wheen's publishers, and a small number of books and pamphlets.
- Biography/History:
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Soldier, translator and librarian. Arthur Wesley Wheen was born in Sydney in 1897. He enrolled at Sydney University, but in 1915 enlisted in the Australian Expeditionary Force and left to fight in Europe, where he was awarded the Military Medal for bravery. On demobilisation he was chosen as Rhodes scholar for New South Wales and went up to New College, Oxford in 1920. He joined the staff of the library of the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1924. His only original literary work Two masters, a brief novella based on his life at the front was published in 1929.
Over the next ten years he translated a number of works from German, several of them novels dealing with the First World War. He is especially remembered for his translation of Eric Maria Remarque's All quiet on the western front which was an outstanding success. For a while Wheen had close connections with a circle which included Herbert Read and T.S. Eliot. In 1939 he was appointed keeper of the Library and stayed in this position, achieving some distinction, until he retired in 1962. He died in March 1971.
- Notes:
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- Microfilm copy of original documents held in the National Library of Australia Manuscript collection at MS 3656.
- Includes items in German.
- Cited In:
- Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia, C508.
- Reproduction:
- Microfilm. Balgowlah, N.S.W. : W. & F. Pascoe Pty. Ltd. for the National Library of Australia : Available from the National Library of Australia, 1999. 9 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Finding aid available in the Special Collections Reading Room and online at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms3656
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1920-1965
- Other authors/contributors:
- Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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