Summary
Overview
Rossi, Alejandro, 1932-2009.
1812-2010 (mostly 1955-2009)
16.2 linear feet, 34 archival boxes, 3 half-size archival boxes and 2
record center cartons
This collection is stored at Firestone Library.
This collection is stored onsite at Firestone Library.
Closed materials stored in a special vault until June 15, 2022.
Requests will be delivered to Manuscripts Division, RBSC Reading Room
.
Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
One Washington Road
Princeton, New Jersey 08544 USA
Abstract
The Alejandro Rossi Papers consist of personal notebooks,
manuscripts, correspondence with writers, academics, editors and artists, and
printed material of the celebrated writer.
Description
Description
The Alejandro Rossi Papers contains a wide range materials, including
notebooks, drafts of writings, correspondence with writers, editors,
philosophers, and artists, and materials related to conferences and lectures in
Mexico and abroad. There is a small grouping of materials that Rossi kept
together in a folder entitled "important documents"; among the materials are
three black-and-white photographs, a letter and document related to Rossi's
ancestor, the Venezuelan general José Antonio Páez, and several items related to
his involvement with the founding of Vuelta. For
more material related to this influential literary journal, the researcher is
encouraged to consult Rossi's correspondence files with authors such as Octavio
Paz, José Bianco, Carlos Fuentes, and others.
Manuscripts of all Rossi's literary works, photographs, diaries, notebooks, and
correspondence, including letters from Octavio Paz (26), Jose Bianco (14),
Carlos Fuentes (5) , Guillermo Cabrera Infante (4), Mario Vargas Llosa (1), and
many others.
Collection Creator
Biography
Alejandro Rossi [1932-2009] was born in Florence, Italy, to an Italian father and a
Venezuelan mother. His early life was peripatetic in nature; his family fled Italy
during World War II for Venezuela, and then later moved to Buenos Aires, where Rossi
spent his adolescence. He studied philosophy in Mexico, Germany, and England, before
settling in Mexico City, where he became professor of philosophy at the Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México in 1958. His book on analytical philosophy, Lenguage y significado (1968), confirmed his status as a
philosopher, but when Octavio Paz asked Rossi to contribute articles to the literary
magazine Plural, Rossi began to enter the world of
letters.
The writer Juan Villoro has described Rossi as the consummate conversationalist, a
quality that characterizes his prose writing. With his friends Octavio Paz, Salvador
Elizondo, and Juan García Ponce, Rossi helped found the influential literary journal
Vuelta in 1978. Member of Mexico's El Colegio
Nacional since 1996, and winner of the Premio Xavier Villaurruita for his novel
Éden, vida imaginada in 2007, Alejandro Rossi
enjoyed a long distinguished career, and with great pride became a Mexican citizen
in 1994. He died in Mexico City in 2009.
Access and Use
Access Restrictions
The "Noveno Cuaderno," (Box 2, Folder 2) and its
typed surrogates (Box 4, Folder 1) have been restricted until June 15,
2022. The rest of the
collection is available for consultation.
Use Restrictions
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication
of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University
Library does not own the original. Permission to publish material from the
collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Rare
Books and Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of
literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for
determining any questions of copyright.
Preferred Citation
Alejandro Rossi Papers; 1812-2010 (mostly 1955-2009), Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
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