Guide to the Charles Bukowski Manuscript
Processed by Andre Ambrus
© 2004
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Guide to the Charles Bukowski Manuscript
Collection number: MS-L16
Special Collections and Archives
The UCI Libraries
University of California
Irvine, California
- Processed by:
- Andre Ambrus
- Date Completed:
- 2004
- Encoded by:
- Andre Ambrus
© 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Charles Bukowski manuscript,
Date (inclusive): circa 1980-circa 1994
Collection number: MS-L016
Creator:
Bukowski, Charles
Extent:
0.1 linear feet (1 oversize folder)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library.
Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: The collection comprises an unsigned, untitled, and undated handwritten manuscript of a prose piece composed by Charles Bukowski,
noted American poet. The 8-page text consists of a monologue about life, the arts, friends, and many other matters, written
in a free-form style--often without punctuation or page numbers--with the honesty and humor characteristic of Bukowski's other
works.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.
Preferred Citation
Charles Bukowski manuscript. MS-L16. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquisition Information
Acquired, 1999.
Processing Information
Processed by Andre Ambrus, 2004.
Biography
Henry Charles Bukowski, renowned 20th century American poet, was born August 16, 1920 in Andernach, Germany. In 1923, his
family left Germany for the United States settling in Los Angeles in 1924. Following his graduation from high school in 1939,
Bukowski enrolled at Los Angeles City College but left Los Angeles after receiving failing grades and experiencing discouraging
changes in his family life. He worked in physically demanding jobs before he decided to leave California to travel and experience
life in other parts of the country. In 1946 he moved back to Los Angeles, where he found employment working for the postal
service, first as a mail carrier and later as a mail sorter.
Bukowski published his first book
Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail in 1960. He gained national recognition after the publication of
It Catches My Heart in Its Hands (1963) and
Crucifix in a Deathhand (1965). In 1965, he met John Martin, founder of Black Sparrow Press, who long admired his work and became his life-long
primary publisher. Bukowski published more than 45 books of poetry and prose including a number of novels and a screenplay.
He died in 1994, in San Pedro, California.
For further biographical information, see Howard Sounes,
Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life. New York: Grove Press, 1998.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection comprises an unsigned, untitled, and undated handwritten manuscript of a prose piece composed by Charles Bukowski,
noted American poet. The 8-page text consists of a monologue about life, the arts, friends, and many other matters, written
in a free-form style--often without punctuation or page numbers--with the honesty and humor characteristic of Bukowski's other
works
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Bukowski, Charles -- Archives.
Genres and Formats of Materials
Holographs (autographs) -- 20th century.
Titles
Online Archive of California.
Collection Contents
Box FB-17 : 10
" But I am most afraid that their basis of explanation, though strong, would be lacking an ingredient of mix because no man
has ever been all things at the same time time...,"circa 1980-circa 1994
