All About Famous Writers, Fountain Pens & Working Space

[adrianllg]

Hello.

I would like to start sharing the writing place of Mrs. Virginia Woolf and some of her writings.

 

 

 

http://revistacult.uol.com.br/home/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/VW-1936.jpg

 

 

 

It seems that she writes with an OB nib. Does anyone know about her fountain pens?

 

 

http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/rarebook/exhibitions/images/penandpress/large/6c_woolf_als_13feb1921_p1.jpg

 

This is from her writings when she used to study italian language...

 

http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/rarebook/exhibitions/images/penandpress/large/4c_italian_notebook.jpg

 

 

 

http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/rarebook/exhibitions/images/penandpress/large/9a_anna_karenina.jpg

 

http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/rarebook/exhibitions/images/penandpress/large/15b_fry_notes_9.jpg

 

Important webpage about her manuscripts: http://www.woolfonline.com/timepasses/?q=image/tid/8

 

Her writing desk... with nice views to the garden... It seems a very relaxing place...

 

 

 

 

Her bedroom: What an amazing bedroom !!

 

 

 

 

I suggest you to bring to this thread all the info that you have about any writer and his/her fountain pens, writings, etc...

Thanks a lot !!!

Edited June 14, 2015 by adrianllg

[Pickwick]

The uneven ink flow suggests she was using a dip pen.

[catbert]

I love the light and the view from her desk.

Here’s an interesting series of articles in the Guardian: Writers' rooms - Portraits of the spaces where authors create

[UDog]

Virginia Woolf indeed used a dip pen, as did Shelby Foote in his series The Civil War: A Narrative of 1.2 million words.

[Buzz_130]

I just read the interview of Shelby Foote on The Paris Review, and the first question is about his writing preferences: an Esterbrook dip pen. The entire interview is worth a read to understand his thoughts on writing.

 

http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/931/the-art-of-fiction-no-158-shelby-foote

 

Buzz

[elevennx]

Fantastic post, adrianllg! Thanks so much for posting this. I really hope others will follow suit with entries using your format. So much potential for awesomeness in a thread like this.