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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Span 115

Jorge Guillén papers

Overview

Papers of Spanish lyric poet Jorge Guillén.

Dates

  • Creation: 1924-1965
  • Creation: Majority of material found in 1940-1965

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in Spanish.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.

Extent

15 linear feet (30 boxes)

Includes autograph manuscript poems and letters to Guillén from Federico García Lorca, Gabriel Miró, and Pedro Salinas.

Biographical / Historical

Guillén (1893-1984) was a Spanish lyric poet.

Arrangement

Organized into the following series:

  1. I. Compositions
  2. II. Letters to Jorge Guillén

Physical Location

b

Immediate Source of Acquisition

69M-12. Deposited by Jorge Guillén, 15 Gray Gardens, West Cambridge, Massachusetts; received: 1969 December. Gift of Theresa Guillén and Claudio Guillén, 1985.

Title
Guillén, Jorge, 1893-1984. Jorge Guillén papers, 1924-1965: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou01052

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

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