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Title:
Thomas Colchie '64 Papers
Repository:
Manuscripts Division
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/z316q446s
Dates:
1968-2003
Size:
3 boxes and 1.25 linear feet
Storage Note:
  • Firestone Library (scamss): Boxes B-000882 to B-000884

Abstract

Thomas Colchie (Princeton University alumnus, Class of 1964), is a translator, editor, and literary agent with a specialization in Latin America. His papers consists of correspondence from Jorge Amado, António Lobo Antunes, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Oswaldo França Júnior, Ignácio de Loyola Brandão, Manuel Puig, Murilo Rubião, Ernesto Sábato, José Saramago, Moacyr Scliar, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, José Luandino Vieira, Néstor Almendros, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Elizabeth Bishop, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Joaquim Cardozo, Philip Roth, and Alan Warner.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

Thomas Colchie's papers consist of Colchie's personal and professional correspondence with authors including Jorge Amado, António Lobo Antunes, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Oswaldo França Júnior, Ignácio de Loyola Brandão, Manuel Puig, Murilo Rubião, Ernesto Sábato, José Saramago, Moacyr Scliar, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, José Luandino Vieira, Néstor Almendros, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Elizabeth Bishop, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Joaquim Cardozo, Philip Roth, and Alan Warner.

Arrangement

Organized into the following series: Series 1: Correspondence.

Collection Creator Biography:

Colchie, Thomas.

Thomas Colchie (Princeton University alumnus, Class of 1964), is a translator, editor, and literary agent (The Colchie Agency) with a specialization in Latin America. He is the editor of A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes and A Whistler in the Nightworld both of which feature short stories of Latin American Boom and post-Boom writers. Through The Colchie Agency he represented Reynaldo Arenas' and Manuel Puig. He wrote an introduction to Arenas' Hallucinations, or, the ill-fated peregrinations of Fray Servando. His translations include Manuel Puig's Kiss of the Spider Woman and, together with Elizabeth Bishop, Gregory Rabassa, and Mark Strand translated Carlos Drummond de Andrade's Travelling in the Family. He was a personal friend of Jorge Amado and wrote an article in the Washington Post titled, "The life of a Latin American literary giant parallels the story of a tumultuous century" shortly after Amado's death in 2001.

Collection History

Acquisition:

Gift, 2017 (AM 2017-10).

Appraisal

Nothing was removed from the 2017 processing.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez with the assistance of Rachel Dubin in March 2017. Finding aid written by Elvia Arroyo-Ramirez in March 2017.

In May 2024, the restriction on the Philip Roth materials in box B-000883 was lifted.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

Correspondence of the following individuals is closed until their death: António Lobo Antunes, Ignácio de Loyola Brandão, José Luandino Vieira, and Alan Warner.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

Credit this material:

Thomas Colchie '64 Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/z316q446s
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Storage Note:
  • Firestone Library (scamss): Boxes B-000882 to B-000884