MS 679 14

Reference code

MS 679 14

Title

Moelwyn Merchant archive: papers relating to Paul Merchant

Level

Series

Administrative / Biographical history

Paul Merchant was the son of Moelwyn Merchant. He attended St George’s School as a Choral Scholar. He began writing poetry at a young age, winning several poetry prizes. He attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge before going to Greece where he produced a volume of translations from Modern Greek, which was published by Ted Hughes as No.4 of the series ‘Modern Poetry in Translation’.

He has published various works of poetry including ‘House of Cards’; ‘Stones’; ‘Self Water Island’; and ‘Born from a Stag’s Heart’

In 1968, along with Ted Hughes, Eric Cleave and his father Moelwyn Merchant, he founded the Rougemont Press.

He taught at several universities before settling at the University of Warwick.
Along with his father, he later established the Windmill Hill press in the basement of his home in Warwickshire, before moving to Portland, Oregon

Date

[1954]-2000

Extent & medium

2 sub-series

Content description

The papers are divided into two sub-series. The first relating to Paul Merchant’s poetry, including correspondence and copies of his poetry. The second sub-series relates to the Windmill Press. Further details are given at a lower level

Arrangement

The papers have been arranged, firstly according to the type of material, reflecting Paul Merchant’s original organisation of the papers. Within each sub-series, the files have been arranged chronologically