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Thomas Colchie '64 Collection on Jorge Amado
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Thomas Colchie (Princeton University alumnus, Class of 1964), is a translator, editor, and literary agent (The Colchie Agency) with a specialization in Latin America. He is the editor of A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes and A Whistler in the Nightworld both of which feature short stories of Latin American Boom and post-Boom writers. Through The Colchie Agency he represented Reynaldo Arenas' and Manuel Puig. He wrote an introduction to Arenas' Hallucinations, or, the ill-fated peregrinations of Fray Servando. His translations include Manuel Puig's Kiss of the Spider Woman and, together with Elizabeth Bishop, Gregory Rabassa, and Mark Strand translated Carlos Drummond de Andrade's Travelling in the Family. He was a personal friend of Jorge Amado and wrote an article in the Washington Post titled, "The life of a Latin American literary giant parallels the story of a tumultuous century" shortly after Amado's death in 2001.
Consists of twenty-four audiocassette recorded interviews of Jorge Amado and other writers and artists conducted by Thomas Colchie between 1987 and 1990. Interviewees include André Kedros, Ana Stella Schic, René Depestre, Joelson Amado, Fanny Amado, João Falcão, Carybé, Calassans Neto, Carlos Scliar, and Wilson Lins. Also includes photocopy documents about Amado's political involvement as an elected representative in Brazil's National Constituent Assembly from 1945-1947, and photocopy documents of Brazil's National Intelligence Service (SNI) file on Amado. A map of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil exists.
Organized into the following series: Series 1: Audio Recordings, Series 2: Political Involvement / Map of Brazil.
Purchase, 2013 (AM 2013-113).
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This collection was processed by Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez in September 2015. Finding aid written by Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez in September 2015.
Audiovisual materials from this collection were digitized in 2017.
Nothing was removed from the 2015 processing.
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Collection Inventory
Chronologically.
Includes audio recordings of interviews conducted by Thomas Colchie. Interviewees include Jorge Amado himself and Amado's friends and family members talking about Amado. Also includes commercial audiocassettes. Note: titles reflect natural language written on audiocassettes and may include misspellings. See description notes for correct spellings. Some cassette containers include Colchie's marginalia about the interviews, notes, or summaries. However, due to their illegibility, these descriptions are not made available on finding aid description.
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Chronologically.
Audiocassette recorded interviews with Sá Barreto, Luis Carlos Prestes, Mirabeau Sampaio, Osvaldo Peralva, Jorge Amado, André Kedros, Ana Stella Schic, Pierre Gamarra, Jean Laffitte, Lise London, René Depestre, Joelson Amado, Fanny Amado, João Falcão, Carybé, Calassans Neto, Carlos Scliar, and Wilson Lins.
Note: titles reflect natural language writen on audiocassettes and may include misspellings. See description notes for correct spellings.
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32101047382070_1_a.mp3
32101047382070_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Sa Barretto 1. Side B written description on tape: Sá Barretto 2 (1/2).
Interview with Brazilian social historian Sá Barreto.
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32101047382088_1_a.mp3
32101047382088_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Wilson Lins 1. Side B written description on tape: Wilson Lins 2.
Interview with Brazilian journalist and novelist, Wilson Lins.
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32101047382096_1_a.mp3
32101047382096_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Prestes 1. Side B written description on tape: Prestes 2.
Interview with Brazilian politician and communist, Luis Carlos Prestes.
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32101047382104_1_a.mp3
32101047382104_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Joelson + Fanny Amado Aug 1988. Side B written description on tape: Caribe 1.
Interviews with Joelson Amado and Fanny Amado, Jorge Amado's brother and sister-in-law; and "Caribe". Note: "Caribe" is most likely a misspelling of Brazilian painter, Carybé's (Héctor Julio Páride Bernabó), name.
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32101047382112_1_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Carybe 2 / René Despestre 1 May 12, 1989. Side B written description on tape: [none].
Interviews with Brazilian artist Carybé (Héctor Julio Páride Bernabó) and Haitian novelist, René Depestre.
Side B is blank.
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32101047382120_1_a.mp3
32101047382120_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Mirabeau Sampaio 8.17.88. Side B written description on tape: Mulher de Pastinha Calassans 1.
Interviews with Mirabeau Sampaio, Jorge Amado's childhood friend; Maria Romelia Costa Oliveira, wife of Brazilian capoeirista, Vicente Ferreira Pastinha, both of whom were friends of Jorge Amado; and Brazilian painter, José Júlio de Calasans Neto.
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32101047382138_1_a.mp3
32101047382138_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Calassans - 2. Side B written description on tape: Calassans 3.
Interview with Brazilian painter José Júlio de Calasans Neto.
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32101047382146_1_a.mp3
32101047382146_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Jorge 2 Mar 29, 89. Side B written description on tape: Jorge 1 Mar 29, 89.
Interview with Jorge Amado.
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32101047382153_1_a.mp3
32101047382153_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Jorge 3 Mar 29, 1989. Side B written description on tape: Jorge Amado April 15, 1989.
Interview with Jorge Amado.
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32101047382161_1_a.mp3
32101047382161_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Jorge Amado April 15, 1989 4. Side B written description on tape: Jorge Amado April 15, 1989 5.
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32101047382179_1_a.mp3
32101047382179_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Jorge Amado 7, April 15, 1989 27 March 1990 1. Side B written description on tape: Jorge Amado Mar 27, 1990 2.
Interview with Jorge Amado.
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32101047382187_1_a.mp3
32101047382187_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Carlos Scliar 1. Side B written description on tape: Carlos Scliar 2. [On tape container spine: A. 1939-1960].
Interview with Brazilian painter Carlos Scliar who lived in the same hotel as the Amados in Paris between 1947-1949. Tape is undated. Part 1 of 3 of Carlos Scliar interview. Placed before "Carlos Scliar / João Falcão" tape because it precedes dated tape with Scliar interview in 1989.
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32101047382195_1_a.mp3
32101047382195_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: João Falcão 1 June 30, 1989. Side B written description on tape: Carlos Scliar 3.
Interviews with Brazilian communist leader João Falcão who worked with Jorge Amado in the 1940s; and Brazilian painter Carlos Scliar who lived in the same hotel as the Amados in Paris between 1947-1949.
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32101047382203_1_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Osvaldo Peralva Oct 23, 1989 Paris. Side B written description on tape: [none].
Interview with communist journalist Osvaldo Peralva who lived in the USSR in the late 1940s and early 1950s when Jorge Amado visited Moscow.
Side B is blank.
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32101047382211_1_a.mp3
32101047382211_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Anna Stella Schic - Dec 19, 1989. Side B written description on tape: Dec 11, 1989 Dec 18, 1989 Paris Ana Stella Schic.
Interview with Brazilian pianist Anna Stella Schic.
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32101047382229_1_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Ana Stella Schic Dec 18, 1989 Paris. Side B written description on tape: [none].
Interview with Brazilian pianist Anna Stella Schic.
Side B is blank.
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32101047382237_1_a.mp3
32101047382237_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Pierre Gamarra (June 8, 1990) (1). Side B written description on tape: Pierre Gamarra (cont)(2) - a few minutes.
Interview with French Stalinist Pierre Gamarra.
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32101047382245_1_a.mp3
32101047382245_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Jean Laffitte June 14, 1990 (1). Side B written description on tape: Jean Laffitte (cont) (2).
Interview with French Stalinist Jean Laffitte who met Jorge Amado in Germany in 1949.
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32101047382252_1_a.mp3
32101047382252_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Andre Kedros, Paris June 15, 1990 (1). Side B written description on tape: André Kedros, Paris June 15, 1990 (2).
Interview with Greek communist André Kedros.
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32101047382294_1_a.mp3
32101047382294_2_a.mp3
1 microcassette; Side A written description on tape: L-London 1A. Side B written description on tape: Aug 2, '91 L London 1B. Written interior paper of container: Lise London 1A1B Aug 2, 1991 Paris.
Interview with Lise London, wife of Czech communist Arthur London.
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32101047382302_1_a.mp3
32101047382302_2_a.mp3
1 microcassette; Side A written description on tape: Aug 2, 91 L-London 2A. Side B written description on tape: L London 2B. Written paper of container: Lise London 2A Paris Aug 2, 1991 Lise London 2B.
Interview with Lise London.
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Chronologically.
Includes commercially produced recordings published by the British Broadcasting Corporation and National Public Radio. The recording nature of "Bahia Sounds / Missette" is unknown.
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32101047382260_1_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Faces, Mirrors, Masks: Jorge Amado 1984 National Public Radio All rights reserved. This material has been furnished for non-profit, non-broadcast purposes and may not be duplicated or otherwise used in violation of Copyright Law. Side B written description on tape: [none]. Side B is blank.
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32101047382278_1_a.mp3
32101047382278_2_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: Sounds Bahia Julia 3+- Laura 3-6 months?. Side B description on tape: Misette.
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32101047382286_1_a.mp3
1 audiocassette; Side A written description on tape: BBC The World of Books Wk 5 Topical Tapes Dolby B Made in the UK [Copyright] British Broadcasting Corporation 1989. Side B written description on tape: [none]. Side B is blank.
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Chronologically.
In 1945, Jorge was elected to the National Constituent Assembly as a representative of the Brazilian Communist Party (Partido Comunista Brasileiro, PCB). As a representative, Amado introduced a law guaranteeing freedom of religious faith. In 1947, the Communist Party was declared illegal in Brazil, and its members were persecuted and imprisoned, which led Amado to go into exile to Europe from 1947-1954.
Included here are photocopy documents related to Amado's political involvement - his time at the National Constituent Assembly and Serviço Nacional de Informações (SNI) file on Amado. A photocopy of a publication titled, "O Partido Comunista e a Liberdade de Criação", and a map of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil exist.
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