Call Number:

C0643

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 2 boxes
• 0.70 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

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

Date:

1980-1987 (inclusive)

Creator:

Correa, Miguel, 1956-

Abstract:

Miguel Correa is an author from Cuba. The collection consists of different manuscript version of two of Correa's novels: Fragmentos del Discurso Humano (2001) and Al Norte de Infierno (1984). There are also some notes for an article in the papers.

Miguel Correa (b. 1956) is a Cuban novelist, poet, and translator who emigrated from Cuba in 1980. He arrived as one of the "Marielitos," those Cubans who arrived on the coast of Florida as part of a boatlift which embarked from Mariel, Cuba. The Mariel boatlift was a large and rapid exodus of Cubans who left the country when the Cuban goverment allowed and, in some cases, encouraged Cubans to emigrate. Correa's first novel, Al norte del infierno (1983) won the Jesus Castellanos Prize for the Novel during the 1983 Miami Festival of the Arts Commemorating the Third Anniversary of Mariel. His novel Fragmentos del discurso humano was published in 2000, thirteen years after being written. He has also written two other unpublished works, "La arboleda de Dionisio" (novel) and "La enormidad del hacha" (poetry).

Publications by Correa: Al Norte de Infierno (Miami: Editorial SIBI, 1984), Fragmentos Del Discurso Humano (Mexico: Editorial ACD, 2000)

Consists of various manuscript versions of two novels by Correa, Fragmentos Del Discurso Humano (2000) and Al Norte de Infierno (1984). Both of these works reflect Correa's experiences in Cuba prior to his immigration to the United States in the Mariel flotilla of 1980. Al Norte de Infierno won the Jesus Castellanos Prize for the Novel during the 1983 Miami Festival of Arts Commemorating the Third Anniversary of Mariel. Also included are notes for "El Discurso de Castro" (an article?).

This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.