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Eliseo Diego Papers

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

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
C0863
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
  • 1 box
  • 0.25 linear feet
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Eliseo Diego Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1940-1990 (inclusive)
Creator:
Diego, Eliseo
Form:
Correspondence.
Abstract:
This collection consists of papers of Diego, Cuban poet, author, and translator. Included are correspondence between Diego, his wife, various friends and other writers.

Diego, Eliseo

Eliseo Diego is a Cuban poet, author, and translator.

The collection consists of papers of Diego, Cuban poet, author, and translator: 20 letters (1946-1990) by Gaston Baquero, Alfonso Reyes, Eugenio Florit, and other friends and writers to Diego; 28 letters (circa 1960-1990) by Diego to various friends and family members; 56 additional letters (circa 1940-1960) by Diego to his wife, Bella Garcia-Marruz Badio; and an undated, typed manuscript entitled "Los Zapatos Vacios" by Reinaldo Arenas with autograph annotations by Eliseo Diego. Also included is a postcard photograph of Diego.

Purchased from Josefina de Diego in 1999. Card sent by Josefina de Diego is a gift from Peter Thomas.

No appraisal information is available.

Subject
Occupation

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2002
Access Restrictions

The collection is 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

Chronology and Biography, dates not examined. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to Eliseo Diego, 1946-1990 July 9. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes letters by Gaston Baquero, Eugenio Florit, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Jorge Guillén, José Lezama Lima, Dulce María Loynaz, Julián and Tangui Orbón, Alphonso Reyes, José María Valverde,

Physical Description

1 folder

Letters by Eliseo Diego to Bella Esther García-Marruz Badía (wife), circa 1940-1960. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

56 letters.

Physical Description

1 folder

Letters by Eliseo Diego to Family and Friends, 1964 June-1989 May 24. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Recipients include Hugo [?], Claude Couffon, Constante Alejandro de ("Rapi")Diego García-Marruz (son), Eliseo Alberto de ("Lichi") Diego García-Marruz (son), Ismael de Diego de los Ríos (grandson), and Luis Rogelio Nogueras, and María Zambrano.

Physical Description

1 folder

"Aquí he vivido", undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

TMs of speech by Josefina de Diego (daughter) delivered at Instituto de Literatura y Lingüística on December 3, 2000; and Aquí he vivido: Edición bilingüe con traducciones del autor (paperback book).

Physical Description

1 folder

Arenas, Reinaldo: "Los zapatos vacíos", 1960 May 14-1969 May 14. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

TMs, 2 pp., 1960s May 14 (with AN by Diego)

Physical Description

1 folder

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