Call Number:

001.022

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.05 linear ft. (1 box)

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Preferred Citation:

Israel Burshatin correspondence (HCS.001.022) Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1984-1985 (inclusive)

Creator:

Goytisolo, Juan

Form:

letters (correspondence)

Abstract:

This collection consists of two letters from Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist Juan Goytisolo to Haverford College Professor of Spanish Israel Burshatin regarding a potential visit to campus.

Israel Burshatin is Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Haverford College.

Juan Goytisolo was a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He was born in Barcelona in 1931 and published his first novel, The Young Assassins, in 1954. Other notable works by Goytisolo include Marks of Identity (1966), Count Julian (1970), and Juan the Landless (1975). He was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 2014. Goytisolo lived in Marrakech, Morocco, from 1997 until his death in 2017.

This collection consists of two letters from Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist Juan Goytisolo to Haverford College Professor of Spanish Israel Burshatin regarding a potential visit to campus.

Materials are arranged chronologically.