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Pimpaneau, Jacques (1934- ), 2002-2003, 2007, undated

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 46
Identifier: 0011_PER_DHawkes_Series_3_Folder_46

Consists chiefly of letters, emails and postcards from Jacques Pimpaneau, a student of David Hawkes from 1963-65 and professor at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales until his retirement in 1999, to David Hawkes and John and Rachel Minford. Also include a photograph of Jacques Pimpaneau. Arranged chronologically.

-Letter from Jacques Pimpaneau to Rachel and John Minford. 15th Feb. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed. On contributing an article on folk art to the birthday book for David Hawkes. With handwritten note (Note 1) (Note 2)

-Letter from Jacques Pimpaneau to Rachel and John Minford. 29. IV. 02. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed. On contributing to the birthday book for David Hawkes (Note 1) (Note 2)

-Email from John Minford to Jacques Pimpaneau. 12 mai 2002. 1 sheet. Printout. Subject: On the birthday book for David Hawkes. Jin Yong's The Deer and the Cauldron (鹿鼎記), and translating Francoise Cheng's novel L'eternite n'est pas de trop (Note 1) (Note 2)

-Note from Jacques Pimpaneau to Rachel and John Minford. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed. On sending a new diskette containing the revised version of the article for David Hawkes's birthday book (Note 2)

-Letter from Jacques Pimpaneau to Rachel and John Minford. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed. On the article for David Hawkes's birthday book, François Cheng (1929- ), recommended edition of 聊齋, photographs of puppets and the prospective visit of the Hawkes couple (Note 1) (Note 2)

-Aerogramme from Jacques Pimpaneau to David Hawkes. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed. On searching the magazine Geyao (歌謠) published by Peking University for David Hawkes. Postal stamp: 19.11.07 (Note 2)

-Letter from Jacques Pimpaneau to David Hawkes. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed. On the death of Ms. Empson, medicine for stopping forgetting, and 西廂記 (Note 2)

-Letter from Jacques Pimpaneau to David Hawkes. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed. About religion, science, and universe (Note 2)

-Letter from Jacques Pimpaneau to David and Jean Hawkes. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed. About Jean's health after the operation in September, Bai Xianyong (modern Chinese literature), Mineke Schipper, trips to Canada, India, and China, Kwok On Collection, and Jacques' health (Note 1) (Note 2)

-Postcard from Jacques Pimpaneau. 1 postcard : colour ; 11 x 15 cm. Holograph, signed. About a recent visit and the translation of Jin Yong (Note 2)

-Photograph of Jacques Pimpaneau. 1 photograph : colour ; 9 x 13 cm (Note 2)

Dates

  • 2002-2003, 2007, undated

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Accessibility level = 1 (Totally open to public on the online archive; physically available upon request made to CUHK Library or Prof. John Minford)

Conditions Governing Use

Note 1: Contains personal data or sensitive information; access restricted
Note 2: Copyright restrictions may apply

Extent

11 item(s)

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the CUHK Library Archival Collections Repository

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