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Néstor Perlongher Letters to Martha "Beba" Eguía and Ricardo Piglia
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Néstor Perlongher (1945-1992) was an Argentine poet, activist, and anthropologist who lived the last decade of life in São Paulo, Brazil. One of the founders of the political organization Liberación Homosexual en la Argentina, Perlongher was detained by the military government in 1976. In 1981 he moved to São Paulo, where he earned a degree in sociology and then served as faculty member at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). He died of AIDS in 1992.
Consists of 24 letters and a short story draft Néstor Perlongher sent to artist and translator Martha "Beba" Eguía and her husband, the novelist Ricardo Piglia, during the last three years of his life. There are 23 letters from Perlongher to Martha "Beba" Eguía and one letter to Ricardo Piglia, which is a cover letter that accompanies a photocopy of a draft of the short story "Evita Vive." The letters discuss his creative and political work, personal matters, and declining health.
Arranged chronologically.
Purchase, 2012 (AM-2012-79).
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This collection was processed by Jill Baron in April 2012. Finding aid written by Jill Baron in April 2012.
The finding aid was revised by Kelly Bolding in August 2018.
No materials were separated from the collection during 2018 processing.
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- 2012
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Consists of 23 handwritten or typed letters from Perlongher to "Beba."
Physical Description1 folder
Consists of a photocopy of a 23-page typescript short story draft sent to Ricardo Piglia, as well as an accompanying cover letter.
Physical Description1 folder