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Mercedes Valdivieso Literary Correspondence

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Valdivieso, Mercedes

Mercedes Valdivieso was born on March 1, 1924, in Santiago, Chile. Her literary career began in 1961 with the publication of La brecha, a foundational feminist Latin American novel. She wrote several novels and founded two journals: Adán, a Chilean men's magazine and Breakthrough, a feminist periodical. Valdivieso taught at Rice University for 20 years, retiring in 1989, and returned to Chile in 1991. Her fiction and scholarship offered new ways forward for Latin American feminism.

This collection contains Valdivieso's correspondence with Latin American writers and literary critics such as Fernando Alegría, Margo Glantz, Octavio Paz, Gonzalo Rojas, Manuel Rojas, and Jaime Valdivieso. Drafts of short essays and talks, including an interview with Octavio Paz, also appear in the collection.

Arranged in the following series:

Purchased from Pablo Hozven Valenzuela in August 2010 (AM2011-20).

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This collection was processed by Alyssa Meyers in 2010. Finding aid written by Alyssa Meyers in 2010.

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Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Author
Alyssa Meyers
Finding Aid Date
2010
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Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Valdivieso's correspondence with writers and literary scholars.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

Physical Description

1 box

Aguirre, Margarita, 1961-1982. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Alegría, Fernando, 1961-1977. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Alone, 1961 September 19. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Antúnez, Nemesio, 1966 July 9. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Araujo, Helena, 1979. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Balcells, Carmen, 1970-1973. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Barquero, Efraín, 1965. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Barthes, Roland, 1970 April 30. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Benedetti, Mario, 1961-1964. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Castillo Velasco, Fernando, 1979. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Concha, Jaime, 1975. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Edwards, Jorge, 1963-1964. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Eltit, Diamela, 1991 October 1. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Glantz, Margo, 1979-1981. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Contains manuscript of Valdivieso's interview of Glantz. TMs with autograph corrections.

Physical Description

1 folder

Guerra-Cunningham, Lucía, 1978-1983. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letelier, Orlando, 1971 April 5. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Lihn, Enrique, 1978-1979. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Montecinos, Sonia, 1983-1984. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Contains two photographs.

Physical Description

1 folder

Monteforte, Mario, 1967 July 8. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Neruda, Pablo, 1964. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

1 letter is an unsigned carbon.

Physical Description

1 folder

Paz, Octavio, 1969-1970. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Pitol, Sergio, 1963-1975. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Poniatowska, Elena, 1984 May 10. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Rio, Ana María del, 1991 December 1. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Roa Bastos, Augusto, 1963 July 29. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Rojas, Gonzalo, 1970-1983. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Rojas, Manuel, 1966-1977. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Contains four photographs of Rojas's son, Christopher Emmanuel.

Physical Description

1 folder

Valdivieso, Jaime, 1964-1993. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Venturelli, José, 1962 August 3. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

A-G (General), undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence with Marjorie Agosin, Aida Apter-Cragnolino, Manuel Balbontín, Ricardo F. Benavides, Soledad Bianchi, Cecilia Bustamante-Ortega, Rodrigo Cánova, Mayling Chang Díaz, César Cecchi, Augustín Cueva, Joan Davies, Editorial Planeta Chilena S.A., Hans Ehrman, Richard R. Fagan, Juan Ferraté, Jean Franco, Helio Gallardo, Luis Alberto Ganderats, Pedro Gimferrer, and Gabriela O. Gutiérrez.

Physical Description

1 folder

H-R (General), undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence with Norman Hackerman, Harvey L. Johnson, Fernando Krahn, Luisa López Groera, Luz Machado, Jorge L. Martí, Martha Martínez, Carmen Masip de Hawkins, Beth Miller, Yvette E. Miller, Gabriela Mora, Yerko Moretic, Beatriz de Moura, Martha Paley de Francescato, María Paz Lecea, Erna Pfeiffer, Arturo Prat, and Danuta Rycerz.

Physical Description

1 folder

S-Z (General), undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence with Loreina Santos Silva, Luis Mario Schneider, Juris Silenieks, Sociedad de Escritores de Chile, Irena Szymanska, Catherine Tinker, Ricardo Trigueros de Leon, H.N. Urrutibéheity, Vassar College, José Manuel Vergara, Nilita Vientós Gastón, Kalina Wojciechowska, Ramón Xirau, Ricardo Yamal, John N.K. Young, Enrique Zanartu, Celia de Zapata, and Alfredo Zepeda.

Physical Description

1 folder

Scope and Contents

Short essays and talks, including an interview with Octavio Paz.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by title or first line.

Physical Description

1 box

"Aquí junto a la presencia de amigos...", undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

TMs with autograph corrections, 2 pp.

Physical Description

1 folder

"Cuestionario sobre literatura femenina comtemporanea", undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

TMs, 11 pp.

Physical Description

1 folder

"Introduction to Latin-American Women Writers", undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

TMs, 19 pp.

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1 folder

"It is very difficult to speak about one's own work...", undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

TMs with autograph corrections, 7 pp.

Physical Description

1 folder

"Mi primera novel fue La brecha...", undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

TMs, 12 pp.

Physical Description

1 folder

"Presentación: Interview with Octavio Paz", undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

TMs, 20 pp.

Physical Description

1 folder

"Se me ha solicitado hablar de mi escribirse...", undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

AMs, 3 notecards.

Physical Description

1 folder

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