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Jean-Michel Fossey Papers
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The collection contains correspondence, documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings documenting the literary and journalistic activities of Jean-Michel Fossey (1945-2010), a French poet, critic, journalist, and literary editor active in Paris from the 1960s through the 1980s. Fossey is best known for directing and editing the Paris-based periodicals Margen (1966–67) and Desquicio (1971–73), which showcased contemporary poetry and literary criticism with a strong international focus, particularly on Latin America, and introduced numerous Latin American writers to Parisian audiences. The correspondence ranges from intimate exchanges to the circulation of texts and critical impressions in preparation for publication in the magazines, offering valuable insight into literary networks and the sociability of expatriate writers in Paris.
Correspondents represented in the collection include Fernando Arrabal, Héctor Cattólica, José Emilio Pacheco, Jorge Carrera Andrade, Roberto Fernández Retamar, Francisco Garzón Céspedes, Thelma Nava (director of Pájaro Cascabel), Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Jorge Edwards, José Ángel Valente, Enrique Hernández d'Jesús, Jacques Folch-Ribas, José Donoso, Néstor Sánchez, Salvador Elizondo, Manuel Puig, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Severo Sarduy, Vicente Aleixandre, Héctor Bianciotti, Osman Lins, Ernesto Sábato, Emilio Sánchez Ortiz, Luis López Alvarez, Excilia Saldaña, Eduardo Manet, Joyce Mansour, José Kozer, Roque Dalton, Abel Posse, José Miguel Ullán, Salvador Espriu, Juan Gustavo Cobo Borda, Christian Kupchik, Pierre Golendorf, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, and Julio Cortázar, among others.
The documents are, for the most part, maintained as they were received by the library.
Purchased from Miguel Angel Petrecca in 2025.
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This collection was processed by Enid Ocegueda in 2025. Finding aid written by Enid Ocegueda in 2025.
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- Enid Ocegueda
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- 2025
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