Call Number:

C0624

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 2 boxes
• 0.6 linear feet

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Preferred Citation:

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

Date:

1963-1969 (inclusive)

Creator:

Asturias, Miguel Ángel

Form:

Contracts -- 20th century., Correspondence -- 20th century, Novelists, Guatemalan -- 20th century., and photographs -- 20th century

Abstract:

Consists primarily of correspondence of Guatemalan author Miguel Angel Asturias, Seymour Lawrence, Gregory Rabassa, Jose Castillo, Tom Maschler, and others concerning Rabassa's English translations of Asturias's works and their publication in the United States and abroad.

Recipient of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Literature, Miguel Angel Asturias was born in Guatemala and studied law at the University of San Carlos. After completing his studies, Asturias, along with fellow students, founded the Popular University of Guatemala. In 1923, Asturias traveled to Europe, spending much of his time in Paris, France, until returning to Guatemala in 1933. During this time, Asturias wrote Leyendas de Guatemala and El Senor Presidente. In 1946, Asturias was named cultural attache to the Guatemalan Embassy in Mexico, and he later served in the same capacity in Argentina. With the fall of President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman's government, Asturias was forced into exile in Argentina (1954-1962). In 1966, Asturias was appointed Guatemalan ambassador to France.

The collection consists primarily of correspondence of Asturias, Seymour Lawrence, Gregory Rabassa, Jose Castillo, Tom Maschler, and others concerning Rabassa's English translations of Asturias' works, such as Strong Wind (Viento Fuerto), The Green Pope (El Popa Verde), and The Eyes of the Interred (Los Ojos de los Enterrados), and their publication in the United States and abroad.