Overview
Jules Supervielle's personal and business correspondence and poetry.
Dates
- Creation: 1946-1959
Language of Materials
French and English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
.08 linear feet (1 box)Collection of typescript and manuscript draft translations, poetry, correspondence, and newspaper clippings. The correspondence is between Jules Supervielle and Warren Ramsey (1914-1997) an American academic.
Biographical / Historical
Jules Supervielle (1884-1960) was a Franco-Uruguayan poet and writer. Supervielle was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times. Supervielle is best known for his 1922 collection Débarcadères, his first novel L'Homme de la pampa in 1923, Gravitations in 1925, and a play called La Belle au bois.
Arrangement
Collection is minimally processed. Materials are loosely arranged in four series: Correspondence with Warren Ramsey; Draft Translations; Newspaper Clippings; and Poetry.
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2019M-057. Purchased from Carpe Librum with funds from the George Cabot Lodge and Joseph Trumbull Stickney Memorial Fund in 2018 December.
Processing Information
Processed by Magdaline Lawhorn, 2019.
- Title
- Supervielle, Jules, 1884-1960. Jules Supervielle papers, 1946-1959 (MS Fr 710): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- January 28, 2019
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03089
Repository Details
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