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Liliane Hasson Collection of Latin American Writers
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Liliane Hasson is a French writer and translator of Cuban literature. She was born in London, but moved to France when she was two. She studied Hispanic Literature at the Sorbonne, and translated the works of such Cuban writers as Reinaldo Arenas, Virgilio Piñera, Antonio José Ponte, Guillermo Rosales, and Carlos Victoria. She has also translated the works of the Spanish writer Benito Pérez Galdós. She has written books on Cuban culture and literature, including a biographical essay on the life of Arenas. She is a professor emerita in the Département d'Études Hispaniques at the Université de Nantes.
This collection consists of correspondence between Hasson and Latin American writers and artists as well as copies of manuscripts by such Latin American authors as Reinaldo Arenas and Roberto Valero. Also includes photographs and audio recordings of interviews with Latin American writers.
Arranged in the following series and subseries:
Initial acquisition purchased from Liliane Hasson in April 1996. A later addition was purchased from Liliane Hasson in November 2010.
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This collection was processed by Alyssa Meyers in 2010. Finding aid written by Alyssa Meyers in 2010.
Finding aid updated by Faith Charlton in 2018. During 2022, restrictions were lifted as part of a restrictions review project.
No appraisal information is available.
People
- Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943-1990 (1943-1990)
- Camacho, Jorge
- Ponte, Antonio José, 1964-
- Sarduy, Severo
- Valero, Roberto, 1955-
Subject
- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Author
- Alyssa Meyers; Faith Charlton
- Finding Aid Date
- 2010
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The collection is open for research.
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Collection Inventory
This series consists of Hasson's correspondence with Latin American writers and artists and the correspondence of Jorge and Margarita Camacho and the Comité Reinaldo Arenas, a group dedicated to preserving Arenas's legacy.
This series is arranged into two subseries, 1A: Correspondence of Hasson and 1B: Correspondence of Others, which are organized alphabetically by correspondent.
Physical Description3 boxes
This subseries consists of Hasson's correspondence with Latin American writers and artists. Reinaldo Arenas's files contain a copy of a short article and the manuscript of a conference paper.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
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1 ANS, 1 TLS, and 1 TL
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2 TLsS, including one letter from Saúl Yurkievich
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11 ALsS and 4 photocopies of ALsS
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3 ALsS
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2 TLsS
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4 TLsS
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1 box
3 TLsS and 4 ALsS
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1 TLS and 5 ALsS
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3 TLsS, 7 ALsS. and 1 photocopy of a TLS
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1 TLS, 7 ALsS, photocopied clippings, and a TMs with holograph corrections, "Tiempos modernos," that later appeared in El Nuevo Herald, Miami, May 11, 1988.
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5 TLsS, 4 ALsS, TMs with holograph corrections of a conference paper, "Treinta años después de Fidel Castro una revolución estalla en Cuba," TMs with holograph corrections entitled "Texto para la contratapa de viaje a La Habana. Puede ser corregido y aumentado...," and TMS entitled "Prólogo."
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11 TLsS, 6 ALsS, and clippings.
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2 ALsS
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2 TLsS
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1 ALS, 1 TLS
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3 TLsS
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1 TLsS and 1TL
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1 box
80 ALsS, 2 TLsS, and 2 faxes containing drawings by Jorge Camacho
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74 ALsS
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3 TLsS and 5 ALsS; also includes TMs with holograph corrections, "La voix de Reinaldo Arenas," by Juan Abreu.
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4 ALsS and 1 TLS
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1 TLS
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1 TLS
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2 ALsS and 1 TLS
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1 ALS, 1 TLS
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3 TLsS
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23 TLsS
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7 TLsS and 5 ALsS
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1 ALS
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1 ALS
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1 TLS with 2 TMss entitled "Fusilamiento" and "El más acá."
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29 ALsS
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1 TLS, 5 ALsS, and 1 photocopy of a TLS addressed to Pío Serrano from García Ramos
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2 ANsS
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16 TLsS, 7 ALsS, and 3 printed emails.
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1 TLS and 4 ALsS
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1 TLS, 1 ALS, and 1 photocopied TLS
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1 ALS
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1 ALS
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3 ALsS
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2 TLsS and 1 ALS
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2 TLsS and 5ALsS
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3 TLsS
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3 TLsS
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1 TLS
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20 TLsS and 3 ALsS
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29 ALsS
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1 TLS, 6 ALsS, and one photocopy of an ALS from Prats to Oneida Fuentes
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1 ALS
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1 photocopy of an ALS
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6 ALsS and 1 photocopy of an ALS
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30 TLsS
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1 TLS
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6 ALsS
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5 TLsS and 1 ALS
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2 TLsS and 1 ALS
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6 ALsS
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7 TLsS, 5 ALsS, and 1 TL
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Correspondence relating to Arenas, including letters from publishers and agents. Contains a photocopy of Arenas's marriage certificate.
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This subseries contains the correspondence of Jorge and Margarita Camacho and the Comité Reinaldo Arenas.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
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2 boxes
4 letters
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19 letters
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36 letters
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The correspondence of the group Comité Reinaldo Arenas, formed after Arenas's death to preserve his legacy through administering publication and rights. The group consisted of Jorge and Margarita Camacho, Dolores Koch, Liliane Hasson, Perla Rozencvaig, and Roberto Valero. 18 letters.
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This series consists of manuscripts of such Latin American writers as Reinaldo Arenas and Roberto Valero.
Arranged alphabetically by author's name.
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Copy of TMS with holograph corrections, 111 pp.
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Includes a typescript (403 pages) corrected by Margarita Camacho and Liliane Hasson as well as correspondence related to the work's translation.
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pages 1-207
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pages 208-403
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1 folder
1 folder
Material related to translation and publication of El color del verano. Includes correspondence, copies of printed material with holograph notes, a TMs fragment, and a typed list of characters with holograph notes.
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TMs with autograph corrections and a photocopied TMs.
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Copy of TMS with holograph corrections, 206 pp.
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Copies of TMss with holograph corrections of short stories entitled "El cine," "La descarga,""La visita," "No. 1," "No. 2," and "Candela." 14 pp.
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TMs entitled "De las mentiras y frivolidades que cuenta Guillermo Cabrera Infante, en 'Mea Cuba', referentes a la vida de Reinaldo Arenas (págs. 96-102)," 5 pp. AMss of Camacho's translations of poems by Mallarmé, Rimbaud, and Nerval, 8 pp. Also includes correspondence with Hasson on the translations and drawings by Camacho. Contains clippings of an article by Camacho: "Abrazos loin de Cuba: Interview du saxophoniste Paquito D'Rivera par le peintre Jorge Camacho" ( Jazz Magazine, 1994).
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Contains the documents exchanged between Coste Didier and José Lezama Lima over Didier's French translation of Paradiso. Copies of AMss and TMss with holograph corrections, 20 pp. Also includes documents Coste exchanged with the publishing house Le Seuil. TMs, 6 pp.
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TMs with holograph corrections of the poem "La pureza: Digo que yo no soy un hombre puro...," 2 pp.
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TMs with holograph corrections entitled "Un Jesuita de la literatura," 17 pp.
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TMss with holograph corrections entitled "El encuadre," "La celda," "La cadena," and "Reflejos," 9 pp.
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2 TMss entitled "Mueren tres escritores cubanos" and "Al pobre Ícaro mientras festeja el ascenso," 15 pp.
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53 photographs of Hasson and such Latin American authors and artists as Reinaldo Arenas, Waldo Balart, Reinaldo González Fonticiella, Lydia Cabrera, José Lezama Lima, Justo Luis, Antonio José Ponte, Delfín Prats, José Rodríguez Feo, José Triana, and Roberto Valero. Also includes photographs of Arenas's mother, Oneida Fuentes, and aunt, Ofelia Fuentes. Contains photographs of Arenas's room in the Hotel Monserrate, where he lived in Havana.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
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1 box
Havana, Cuba and Chartres, France. Includes a group photograph of Arenas with Waldo Balart, José Mario and Justo Luis. 5 photographs.
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Holguin and Havana, Cuba and New York. 5 photographs.
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Holguin and Havana, Cuba. 13 photographs.
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Miami. 4 photographs.
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Havana. 13 photographs.
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Havana. 4 photographs.
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Saint-Léonard and Chantilly, France. 6 photographs.
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1 photograph.
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Havana. 1 photograph.
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1 photograph.
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Recordings of Hasson's interviews with Latin American writers and artists.
Arranged alphabetically by name of interviewee.
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Miami
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Paris
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Paris
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Miami
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Miami. 2 audiocassettes.
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Paris.
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Paris
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Miami
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Princeton
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Miami. 2 audiocassettes.
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Paris
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Miami
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1 box
Miami
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Princeton
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Programa de France-Culture. Interviews with Cuban intellectuals: Almendros, Arenas, Díaz Martínez, Manet, and Morejón. 2 audiocassettes.
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1 box
Paris
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Miami
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Paris
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Miami
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Miami
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One audiocassette is a recording of Médée dans le miroir (Medea en el espejo), written by Triana and translated by Hasson, performed at the Centre Pompidou, December 19, 1992. 3 audiocassettes.
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Miami
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Miami
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