Literary manuscripts in Brazil

Posted on 24 July 2013 by Sebastian Gurciullo

Our colleague in São Paulo, Luciana Negrini, who posted the article on Osman Lins here in May 2013, has sent us a lot more information about literary archival collections in Brazil.  It appears that Brazil meets two of the suggested … Continue reading →

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Diasporic Literary Archives – Third Workshop: The stakes of public/private ownership [review in Italian by Anna Antonello & Giovanni Battista Boccardo]

Posted on 11 July 2013 by Sebastian Gurciullo

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L’Institut Mémoires de l’Édition Contemporaine (IMEC) May 30-31, 2013 Il quesito a cui il terzo workshop dedicato al progetto “Diasporic Archives”, coordinato dall’Università di Reading, ha cercato di dare delle risposte concerne la natura dei vari interessi che convergono intorno … Continue reading →

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Quebra-cabeça literário: o trabalho de recomposição de uma narrativa de vida presente no Arquivo Osman Lins

Posted on 15 May 2013 by Sebastian Gurciullo
Osman Lins retrato

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Osman Lins (1924–1978), escritor brasileiro [pernambucano], optou por dedicar sua vida à Literatura. Seu projeto literário mescla-se com sua biografia, posto que muitos dos fatos que marcaram sua história pessoal surgem (e ressurgem) em sua obra de maneira significativa. Um … Continue reading →

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Registration open for Beyond the Text: Literary Archives in the 21st Century

Posted on 28 February 2013 by hcd6

Beyond the Text: Literary Archives in the 21st Century   April 26–27, 2013    REGISTRATION REQUIRED   Register here:http://beinekebeyondtext-eorg.eventbrite.com Details:http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/programs-events/events/beyond-text   The two-day symposium will bring together literary and information science scholars, historians, curators, archivists, writers, and publishers. Panelists will … Continue reading →

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Saramago, Pamuk, Mahfouz and others: Language and location

Posted on 20 January 2013 by David Sutton

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Reading Leonor’s post on the José Saramago Archive prompts me to reflect on its wider implications.  The first thing to say is that it is splendid news that the Saramago Archive is going to find a devoted and fitting home … Continue reading →

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Arquivo de José Saramago

Posted on 8 January 2013 by lcborges

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José Saramago (1922-2010), primeiro Nobel português da Literatura, nasceu no Ribatejo, (Golegã, Portugal) numa família de camponeses, filho de José de Sousa, jornaleiro, e Maria de Jesus, doméstica. Curiosamente, é o primeiro Saramago da sua família, facto que se ficou … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Text: Literary Archives in the 21st Century

Posted on 23 October 2012 by hcd6

Please save the date for a symposium, Beyond the Text: Literary Archives in the 21st Century, to be held at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library April 26–27, 2013.  The two-day symposium will bring together literary and information science … Continue reading →

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Dissident Authors Project

Posted on 29 August 2012 by catherinehobbs

This past year, a suggestion was made to form a project to develop guidelines and practices to protect the archives of dissident writers. As prominent cultural figures who give voice to a people’s concerns or political realities writers are often … Continue reading →

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Diasporic Literary Archives Project @ the Society of American Archivists Meeting

Posted on 18 August 2012 by hcd6

Thanks to those who were able to attend a presentation on the Diasporic Literary Archives Project at the Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists in San Diego, 6-11 August 2012. The PowerPoint slides are now available for those … Continue reading →

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New Diasporic Literary Archives website

Posted on 7 July 2012 by Sebastian Gurciullo

The Diasporic Literary Archives (DLA) Network aims to promote international collaboration in the preservation of, and access to, literary archives. The network brings together a group of established scholars and experts from a variety of institutional backgrounds, and across different disciplines and … Continue reading →

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