Record Number: 29901

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Madame de Polignac gave me in 1913 a little yellow volume of poems entitled "Les Vivants et les Morts", and at her house I met next year the divinely, the almost frighteningly gifted poet, Anna de Noailles.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1913 and 1914

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Venice

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Ronald Storrs

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

19 Nov 1881

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

diplomat (colonial civil servant)

Religion:

Christian (Anglican)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Anna de Noailles

Title:

Les Vivants et les Morts

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Paris: Arthème Fayard, 1913

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29901

Source:

Print

Author:

Ronald Storrs

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Orientations

Place of Publication:

London (Readers Union Edn.)

Date of Publication:

1939 (1937)

Vol:

n/a

Page:

106

Additional Comments:

Internal evidence suggests this experience occurred in Venice.

Citation:

Ronald Storrs, Orientations, (London (Readers Union Edn.), 1939 (1937)), p. 106, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29901, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None