Plante, David, 1940-

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Biography

David Robert Plante is an American novelist, diarist, and memoirist. The son of Albina Bisson and Aniclet Plante, he is of both French-Canadian and North American Indian descent. He is a graduate of Boston College and the Université catholique de Louvain.

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Agreement, 1978-05

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Identifier: 2020.041.1.5

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Agreement between The New Fiction Society Ltd. and Victor Gollancz Ltd. regarding the publication of an edition of The Family. The document bears redacted text and is initialled and signed.

Dates: 1978-05

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / David Plante - Gollancz publisher files / The Family

Author's proposal, 1975

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Identifier: 2020.041.1.8

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Plante's handwritten draft proposal and synopsis for Figures in Bright Air. Includes two carbon copy typescripts of same, one a clean copy, the other with handwritten revisions.

Dates: 1975

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / David Plante - Gollancz publisher files / Figures in Bright Air

Book reviews, 1978

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Identifier: 2020.041.1.7

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Proposed dust jacket blurbs including comments by Jean Rhys and Frank Kermode; dust jackets for the Gollancz and Giroux editions; photocopied press cuttings.

Dates: 1978

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / David Plante - Gollancz publisher files / The Family

Book reviews, 1981

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Identifier: 2020.041.1.11

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Book reviews.

Dates: Publication: 1981

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / David Plante - Gollancz publisher files / The Woods

Correspondence, memos, 1976 - 1986

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Identifier: 2020.041.1.6

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Correspondence, notes and memos regarding the publication of The Family between various publishers. Includes personal notes from Iris Murdoch, Frank Kermode and others.

Dates: 1976 - 1986

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / David Plante - Gollancz publisher files / The Family

Correspondence, memos, 1975 - 1980

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Identifier: 2020.041.1.9

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Correspondence, notes and memos regarding the publication of Figures in Bright Air. Includes letters regarding Plante's candidacy for University of East Anglia's Henfield Writing Fellowship.

Dates: 1975 - 1980

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / David Plante - Gollancz publisher files / Figures in Bright Air

Correspondence, memos, 1979 - 1984

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Identifier: 2020.041.1.11

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Correspondence between Plante, his agent and various publishers regarding the publication of his novel The Woods.

Dates: 1979 - 1984

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / David Plante - Gollancz publisher files / The Woods

Memorandum of Agreement, 1977-03

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Identifier: 2020.041.1.5

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Memorandum of agreement between Victor Gollancz Ltd. and David Plante regarding the work provisionally titled, The Parish. Document is initialled and signed.

Dates: 1977-03

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / David Plante - Gollancz publisher files / The Family

Memorandum of Agreement, 1979-06

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Identifier: 2020.041.1.11

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Memorandum of agreement between Victor Gollancz Ltd. and David Plante regarding The Woods.

Dates: 1979-06

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / David Plante - Gollancz publisher files / The Woods

Memorandums of Agreement, 1975

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Identifier: 2020.041.1.8

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Memorandum of Agreement between Victor Gollancz Ltd. and David Plante regarding Figures in Brights Air and the Author's Biographical and Publicity Information.

Dates: 1975

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / David Plante - Gollancz publisher files / Figures in Bright Air

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