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Author Archives: David Sutton
Les valises de Jean Genet
Exhibition, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris Two weeks before his death in April 1986, Jean Genet gave his lawyer Roland Dumas two suitcases of manuscripts. What did they contain that was so precious? His entire life. At first glance, a … Continue reading
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Diasporic Literary Archives Network: new website
SLA’s long-time partners, the Diasporic Literary Archives Network (DLAN), has launched a new website in 2023. This follows a decision by the University of Reading to bring DLAN in-house as one of its ongoing research projects. The new web-address is: … Continue reading
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A Literary Collection in Hungary
The National Széchényi Library in Budapest holds the largest collection of manuscripts and personal papers in Hungary and one of the most significant in Europe. Among the highlights are a Theatre History Collection and a Music Collection. There is also … Continue reading
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A Literary Collection in Switzerland
Switzerland is one of the countries which has a dedicated literary archive institution for the country. This is the Swiss Literary Archives. The Swiss Literary Archives holds a wide range of literary manuscripts and correspondence, both collections and individual items. … Continue reading
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Caribbean Literary Heritage project
The website of our sister Caribbean Literary Heritage project is now nearing completion. It includes a cartographic location register of Caribbean literary archives, and innovative new work, notably on recovering forgotten writers and creating a fuller literary history of the … Continue reading
Disputed Archival Heritage
SLA members will be interested to learn of the publication (October 2022) of a new book entitled Disputed Archival Heritage, edited by James Lowry. The book is available on open access here. Among the essays included the one entitled ‘Diasporic, … Continue reading
What do we mean by Literary Archives?
As we look forward to the ICA Rome conference, to meetings of our Section, and to meetings with colleagues who may be considering joining our Section, it may be useful to try to define what we mean by Literary Archives. … Continue reading
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Archives, Access and Artificial Intelligence
A new edited collection entitled Archives, Access and Artificial Intelligence has recently been published on open access. The open access book can be found here. Publishers’ information: Digital archives are transforming the Humanities and the Sciences. Digitized collections of newspapers … Continue reading
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A Literary Collection in Cuba
One of the first things you see as you pass into the hallway of the Fundación Alejo Carpentier, in the elegant Havana suburb of Vedado, is a photograph of Carpentier with his arms around his two great protégés, Carlos Fuentes … Continue reading
A Literary Collection in Colombia
The personal library and archive of the Colombian writer Alfonso Fuenmayor is now housed in the Library of the Universidad del Norte (Uninorte), in Barranquilla, on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, and comprises some 3795 books, 704 journals (many of … Continue reading
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