Mauricio Wacquez Papers

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Call Number:

C0258

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

14 boxes
5.30 linear feet

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Mauricio Wacquez Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1957-1983 (inclusive)

Creator:

Wacquez, Mauricio, 1939-

Form:

Correspondence -- 20th century, Manuscripts, Spanish -- 20th century, and Notebooks -- 20th century

Abstract:

Consists of selected papers of Chilean novelist Mauricio Wacquez.

Wacquez, Mauricio, 1939-

Mauricio Wacquez was a Chilean novelist who taught philosophy in universities in Chile, Havana, and Paris. In 1972, he settled permanently in Spain, working for various publishers, translating and devoting himself to his own writing. He died in 2000.

The collection contains drafts of Wacquez' novel Frente a un Hombre Armado, his non-fiction work Conocer Sartre y Su Obra, and his novellas Toda la Luz del Metiodia, Parentesis, and Ella, O, el Suena de Nadie. Also included are drafts of the short story collection Excesos, as well as unpublished stories, prologues to several books, interviews with the exiled author (he lives in Spain), notebooks (1957-1981), and personal and family correspondence (1957-1983). There also are several manuscripts of Miguel Barnet and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Collection is divided into the following file groups: Notebooks, Works (Novels; Novellas; Short Stories; Non-Fiction; Prologues, Etc.; Essays and Articles; Miscellaneous), Papers of Others, and Correspondence.

Publications by Wacquez: Excesos (Santiago de Chile: Universitaria, 1971), Parentesis (Barcelona: Barral, 1975), Conocer Sartre y Su Obra (Barcelona: Dopesa, 1977), Frente a un Hombre Armado (Barcelona: Bruguera, 1981), Ella, O, el Suena de Nadie (Barcelona: Tusquets, 1983)

Purchased from author in 1984.

A checklist is available.

The contents list was created by Jerome Jackson Jr. in August 2010.

No appraisal information is available.

People

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980

Subject

Publisher: Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date: 2008
Access Restrictions: Open for research/
Use Restrictions: Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Notebook, 1957. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1960. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1960. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1961. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1963. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1965-1970. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary Entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1966. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary Entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1966-1967. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary Entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1967-1968. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary Entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1968. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary Entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1969. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary Entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1969. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary Entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1969. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary Entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1972. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary Entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1972. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary Entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1975. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary Entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1977. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary Entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1977. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary Entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1977. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary Entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1978. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary Entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1978. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary Entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, 1981. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary Entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, undated. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary Entries

Physical Description

1 folder

Notebook, undated. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Notes, Diary Entries

Physical Description

1 folder

El Sueño De Nadie (Later Frente a Un Hombre Armado), undated. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents

Draft of "El Sueño De Nadie"

Physical Description

1 folder

Frente a Un Hombre Armado (pps. 1-90) 2nd Version, 1979. 1 folder.

Scope and Contents