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Aurelio Cortés Collection of Reinaldo Arenas
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Aurelio Cortés (1909-2007) was a Cuban dentist and personal friend of Reinaldo Arenas. Cortés was born in Havana, Cuba in 1909. He studied oral medicine at the University of Havana and had a long career as a practicing dentist. He studied a number of languages including English, Italian, and French at "La Alianza Francesa." He worked as a translator for the Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos (ICAAP); and also translated the works of José Lezama Lima. For over forty years, Cortés volunteered at the José Martí National Library where he worked closely with Juan Pérez de la Riva. It is at the National Library where he met Reinaldo Arenas, whom Cortés supported in the early stages of his writing. Cortés also volunteered at the La Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC) later in life. He died at the age of 98 on March 13, 2007.
The collection contains letters written to and from Reinaldo Arenas, Aurelio Cortés, and Claude Durand. Also included are typewritten drafts of Arenas' short articles and essays some of which are dedicated to Cortés, a personal friend. Also present are a typewritten drafts of Cortés' own work that relates to his friendship with Reinaldo Arenas.
Organized in the following series: Series 1: Correspondence, and Series 2: Works By Aurelio Cortés and Reinaldo Arenas.
Purchase, 2017 (AM 2017-127).
This collection was purchased (in part) with funds provided by the Program in Latin American Studies (PLAS).
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This collection was processed by Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez in March 2017. Finding aid written by Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez in March 2017.
Nothing was removed from the 2017 processing.
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Subject
- Authors, Cuban -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- Cuban literature -- 20th century
- Gay men's writings, Cuban -- 20th century
- Latin American literature -- 20th century
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- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Author
- Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez
- Finding Aid Date
- 2017
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Collection Inventory
Contains letters, notes, and correspondence to and from Reinaldo Arenas, Aurelio Cortés, and Claude Durand.
Arrangement observes the original order the files came in.
Physical Description1 box
Donor note: "Carta de Reinaldo Arenas a Claude Durand, 1973, acerca de la publicación de Otra vez el mar. Carta de Claude Durand a Reinaldo Arenas, 2 páginas, sobre la publicación de El Palacio de las blanquisimas mofetas y, El Mundo alucinante, con comentarios acerca de Lezama Lima."
Physical Description1 folder
Donor note: "Carta de Reinaldo Arenas a Aurelio Cortés, 1973, 13 páginas, a máquina con anotaciones a mano, firmada."
Physical Description1 folder
1 folder
Donor note: "Carta de Reinaldo Arenas a sus "supuestos amigos", 1973?, 4 páginas, a máquina con anotaciones a mano, firmada."
Physical Description1 folder
Arrangement observes the original order the files came in.
This series includes typewritten drafts by Reinaldo Arenas and Aurelio Cortés.
Physical Description1 box
1 folder
Borrador a máquina de texto en tres partes Sobre los astros por Arenas con correcciones suyas a mano. Texto publicado en 2006.
Physical Description1 folder
Donor note: "Copia de artículo sin publicar de Aurelio Cortés titulado Reinaldo Arenas, crítico de arte, que incluye texto posiblemente inédito de Reinaldo Arenas titulado Discreta reverencia. Artículo de Aurelio Cortés titulado La poesía en Reinaldo Arenas que contiene 4 sonetos posiblemente inéditos de Reinaldo Arenas."
Physical Description1 folder
Note: "Borrador a máquina de texto autobiográfico de Aurelio Cortés sin publicar."
Physical Description1 folder