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Emir Rodriguez Monegal Papers
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Emir Rodriguez Monegal, literary scholar and biographer, critic, and editor was born in Melo, Uruguay on July 28, 1921, and died in New Haven, Conn. on November 14, 1985. At the time of his death he was Professor of Latin American Literature and Director of the Latin American Studies Council at Yale University. Rodriguez Monegal became in 1945 editor of the literary section of the weekly Marcha. In 1949 he founded the journal Número, which he co-edited with Manuel Claps and Idea Vilariño until 1955. In 1966 he founded and edited the literary and cultural journal Mundo Nuevo (published in Paris until 1969). He was the author of numerous books and articles many of which made important contributions to the understanding of modern Latin American writing, notably among which are El juicio de los parricidas: la nueva generación argentina y sus maestros (1956), Literatura uruguaya del medio siglo (1966), Narradores de esta América (1963; 1969), and El boom de la novela latinoamericana (1972).
Rodriguez Monegal was also know for his literary biographies of Andres Bello (El otro Andrés Bello [1969]), of Horacio Quiroga ( El desterrado: vida y obra de Horacio Quiroga [1968]), of Pablo Neruda ( El viajero inmóvil: Introducción a Pablo Neruda [1966] and Neruda, el viajero inmóvil [1977]), and of Jorge Luis Borges ( Jorge Luis Borges: A Literary Biography [1978]). He also edited critical and literary collections, among which are José Enrique Rodó, 1871-1917 (1963, 1967), El cuento uruguayo: de los orígenes al modernismo (1965), Borges par lui-memê (1970, 1978, Spanish ed. 1983), The Borzoi Anthology of Latin American Literature (with Thomas Colchie, 1977), Pablo Neruda (1980), and Borges, a Reader: A Selection from the Writings of Jorge Luis Borges (with Alistair Reid, 1981).
The Emir Rodriguez Monegal Papers consists mainly of correspondence between Rodríguez Monegal and a wide range of internationally prominent literary figures, scholars, critics, publishers, and academic institutions(much of it relating to Rodriguez Monegal's role as editor and literary critic of Marcha, and Mundo Nuevo(covering mainly the period from 1965 to 1968. The collection includes notes and manuscript and typescript drafts with holograph corrections of essays, lectures, and book reviews by Rodriguez Monegal. Included also are manuscripts and typescripts of poetry, short stories, and novels of authors such as Homero Aridjis, Cecilia Bustamante, Jose Donoso, Luisa Futoransky, Salvador Garmendia, Pedro Salinas, and Severo Sarduy, some of which were submissions by these writers to the aforementioned journals. There is also a large number of tape recordings of interviews, readings, and lectures by Rodriguez Monegal and others.
Miscellaneous and printed material concerns Marcha and Mundo Nuevo (instructions to contributors, payments to contributors, travel and entertainment expenses, etc.) and the International P.E.N. meeting in Bled, Yugoslavia, in July, 1965. There are also copies of book orders placed by Rodriguez Monegal, newspaper and magazine clippings, press releases, and theater and movie programs.
The papers were purchased from Thomas Colchie and Associates, Inc., in 1986.
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This collection was processed by Rodolfo G. Aiello in 1995. Finding aid written by Rodolfo G. Aiello in 1995.
Audiovisual materials from this collection were digitized in 2017.
Nothing was removed from the collection.
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- Latin American fiction. -- 20th century
- Latin American poetry. -- 20th century
- Latin American literature. -- 20th century
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- Manuscripts Division
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- Rodolfo G. Aiello
- Finding Aid Date
- 2002
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Collection Inventory
The bulk of the correspondence comprises the period 1965-1968, and it is arranged alphabetically. Included are letters by Homero Aridjis, Miguel Angel Asturias, Max Aub, Mario Benedetti, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Julio Cortázar, José Donoso, Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel García Márquez, Juan Goytisolo, Jorge Guillen, Manuel Mujica Láinez, Nicanor Parra, Nelida Piñon, Octavio Paz, Manuel Puig, Ernesto Sábato, Severo Sarduy, Luisa Valenzuela, Mario Vargas Llosa, and others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
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Consists of manuscripts and typescripts for articles, reviews, and notes such as "Cuba: la escritura de su historia," "Isidoro Ducase, lector del barroco español," and "Retratos y autorretratos: el hombre Freud y su biógrafo," as well as others. Also includes appointment books.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
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[on Guillermo Cabrera Infante, "Vista del amanecer en el trópico"]
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[answer to a letter concerning an article that Rodriguez Monegal wrote on the prologue of Carlos Real de Azúa to "Los motivos de Proteo."]
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Consists of the papers of others, such as Jorge Aguilar Mora, Carlos Delgado, and Juan Aguilar Mora, as well as others.
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Consists of book orders, photographs, film reviews, press releases, and theater and movie programs, as well as other printed material.
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Consists of recordings originally on audiocassette and reel-to-reel featuring interviews Emir Rodriguez Monegal conducted with various Latin American writers as well as conference and seminar procedings.
Arranged following the creator's order A1-A8 (interviews); B1-B3 (conferences); C1-C4 (lectures and interviews); D1-D2 (seminars and conferences); E1 (Latin American Novel program)
Physical Description3 boxes
32101047382393_1_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Entrevista sobre a Biografía de Borges / Maria Bonatti. Side B written description on tape: [none].
Side B is blank.
Physical Description1 item
32101047382401_1_a.mp3
32101047382401_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Con't Donoso / ERM. Side B written description on tape: Entrevista José Donoso (Barcelona, Agosto 8, 1970).
From digitization transfer notes: Side A: Program in silence from approximately 00:12 until 04:06, speed fluctuates throughout program on tape. Side B: Feedback heard throughout program on tape, gradual increase in speed throughout program on tape.
Physical Description1 item
32101047382419_1_a.mp3
32101047382419_2_a.mp3
32101047382427_1_a.mp3
32101047382427_2_a.mp3
2 audiocassettes; Tape 1, Side A written description on tape: Onetti / ERM Tape 1 A3 1a Side B written description on tape: b A3. Tape 2, Side B written description on tape: Onetti / ERM Tape 2 A3 3a. Side B written description on tape: 3b A3
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32101047382435_1_a.mp3
32101047382435_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Tape 1, Side A written description on tape: Octavio Paz/Oct. 25/1979 (NY) A4. Side B written description on tape: ERM / O. Paz
From digitization transfer notes: The whole recording is faint, hard to hear anything; a hum can be heard throughout the tape.
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32101047382443_1_a.mp3
32101047382443_2_a.mp3
32101047382450_1_a.mp3
32101047382450_2_a.mp3
2 audiocassettes; Tape 1, Side A written description on tape: Manuel Puig / Entrevista 17 / VIII / 69 (Bs Aires). Side B written description on tape: A5. Tape 2, Side B written description on tape: ERM /Puig A5 Tape 2. Side B written description on tape: A5.
From digitization transfer notes: Sound is hard to hear; pitch of speakers is very high; sped up in certain parts of recording.
Physical Description1 item
32101047382468_1_a.mp3
32101047382468_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Tape 1, Side A written description on tape: Severo Sarduy Cobra (II) A6. Side B written description on tape: Severo Sarduy: Cobra (II) / Escrito sobre un cuerpo
From digitization transfer notes: Very faint sound/bit of a hum starting at 20:07 until 21:00. Date of interview: August 6, 1969.
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32101047382476_1_a.mp3
32101047382476_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Vargas Llosa . ERM más inteligible A7. Side B written description on tape: [similar infomation as other side].
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32101047382484_1_a.mp3
32101047382484_2_a.mp3
32101047382492_1_a.mp3
2 audiocassettes; Tape 1, Side A written description on tape: Fitas / Monegal Tape 1 A8. Tape 1, Side B written description on tape: Monegal "Borges" A8. Interview conducted in Portuguese, about Borges. Tape 2 written description on tape: [similar or same infomation as other side].
Side B is blank.
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32101047382500_1_a.mp3
32101047382500_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Conferencia do prof. Mongeal: A parodia e carnavalização na literatura moderna (B1). Side B written description on tape: [similar or same infomation as other side]. Written on case: Fae de letras Conferencia, junho 1978 UERT. Conference took place in Brazil, 1978.
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32101047382518_1_a.mp3
32101047382518_2_a.mp3
32101047382526_1_a.mp3
32101047382526_2_a.mp3
32101047382534_1_a.mp3
32101047382534_2_a.mp3
32101047382542_1_a.mp3
32101047382559_1_a.mp3
32101047382559_2_a.mp3
32101047382567_1_a.mp3
6 audiocassettes; Written description on case tapes: Prof. Emir Rodriguez Monegal Conferencia: "Tradução para Teatro". 25/08/82 Faculdade Ibero-Americana S. Paulo
The following sides are blank: 32101047382542_2, 32101047382567_2
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32101047382575_1_a.mp3
32101047382575_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette.
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32101047382583_1_a.mp3
32101047382583_2_a.mp3
32101047382591_1_a.mp3
32101047382591_2_a.mp3
2 audiocassettes; Lecture, Austin, 1981. Recording is in Spanish and Portuguese.
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32101047382609_1_a.mp3
32101047382609_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette.
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32101047382617_1_a.mp3
32101047382617_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; poetry readings with Pablo Neruda. Side B is disrupted by musical recording.
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32101047382625_1_a.mp3
32101047382625_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; interview with Severo Sarduy, by Julia Kushsian.
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32101047382633_1_a.mp3
32101047382633_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; recording is in English.
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32101047382641_1_a.mp3
32101047382641_2_a.mp3
32101047382658_1_a.mp3
32101047382658_2_a.mp3
2 audiocassettes; recording is in English.
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32101047382666_1_a.mp3
32101047382666_2_a.mp3
32101047382674_1_a.mp3
32101047382674_2_a.mp3
32101047382682_1_a.mp3
32101047382682_2_a.mp3
32101047382690_1_a.mp3
32101047382690_2_a.mp3
32101047382708_1_a.mp3
32101047382708_2_a.mp3
5 audiocassettes (two copies of last volume); Four part series from Canadian radio, written and presented by Toronto Writers, conducted between February 9 - March 1, 1984. Includes comments and passages from novels and poetry by Asturias, Carpentier, García Márquez, Fuentes, Cortázar, Vargas Llosa, Infante. Recording is in English.
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32101047382716_1_a.mp3
32101047382716_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; recording is in Spanish.
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32101047383474_1_a.mp3
32101047383474_2_a.mp3
32101047383482_1_a.mp3
32101047383490_1_a.mp3
32101047383508_1_a.mp3
4 audio reels; Side B of asset 32101047383482 is blank; Side B of asset 32101047383490 is blank; Side B of asset 32101047383508 is blank.
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32101047383516_1_a.mp3
32101047383516_2_a.mp3
1 audio reel; recorded on December 5, 1968. Recording is in English.
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32101047383524_1_a.mp3
32101047383524_2_a.mp3
1 audio reel; recording is in Spanish.
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32101047383532_1_p1_a.mp3
32101047383532_1_p2_a.mp3
32101047383532_1_p3_a.mp3
32101047383532_2_a.mp3
1 audio reel; Side A was split into three different parts during digitization; some distortion is present; recording is in Spanish, English, and French.
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32101047383540_1_p1_a.mp3
32101047383540_1_p2_a.mp3
32101047383540_2_a.mp3
1 audio reel; recorded on July 13, 1967. Side A was split into two different parts during digitization; some distortion is present in part 2 (37:36 - about 41:00 and around 1:12:30- 1:12:58)
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32101047383557_1_a.mp3
1 audio reel; interview took place - March 19, 1967 in Paris. Side B is blank.
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32101047383565_1_p1_a.mp3
32101047383565_1_p2_a.mp3
1 audio reel; recorded on June 12, 1977 in Spanish. Side A was split into two different parts during digitization.
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