Autograph Letter Signed W. H. Auden to Hugo Kurka 1968-12-29

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Editor(s)Fruehwirth, Timo; Mayer, Sandra
PublisherAustrian Centre for Digital Humanities (ACDH), Vienna 2027
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Source Information
  • Archives of Contemporary Arts
  • Documentation Center for Literature in Lower Austria
Origin
  • 1968-12-29T00:00:00-05:00--1968-12-29T23:59:59-05:00
  • New York City

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    Sent from:
    • New York City
    Sent at:
    • 1968-12-30T12:00:00-05:00--1968-12-30T23:59:59-05:00
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    • Vienna


    W.H.Auden
    77 St Mark's Place
    New York City
    New York IOOO3
    U.S.A.


                                       Air-Mail


                                      Herrn
                                           Hugo Kurka
                                             Wien XX
                                              Adalbert Stiftergasse 22/28
                                               Austria


    car


    77 St Mark's Place
    New York City
    New York 10003
    Dez 29.


    Lieber Hugo.


    Ich weiss nicht was ich machen
    soll. Ich habe geschrieben an mein Avokat
    und an Herr Hoffmann zu wissen genau
    was passiert ist und habe kein Wort gekriecht.
    Chester hat enschieden z nach Weinachten nach
    Wien zu kommen, und ich weiss nicht an
    diesen Moment genau wo er ist.


    Kannst Du so gut sein so fort mir
    zu schicken die Adresse vom der Volkswagen
    Versicherung Gesellschaft.


    Ich bin sehr traurig.


    Alln Gutes [] proset Neu Jahn


    Dein FreundW.


    Wystan


    P.S. Kennst Du die Grriekische Freunden von
    Jan[]is.? Vielleiicht wissen sie etwas

    Grriekische Freunden von Jan[]is

    mein Avokat | my lawyer

    In his letter from 4 January 1969, Auden refers to his "old lawyer", Walter Redlich, as "supervising the case". Among the Auden papers held by the Archiv der Zeitgenossen, there is a letter to Hugo K. from 11 January 1969, in which Auden informs him that Redlich had retired and the case would be handled by a new lawyer, Erich Mikesch.

    External Evidence: ph_013