Jorge Edwards Collection, 1953-1982

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Edwards, Jorge

Collector:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections

Title:

Jorge Edwards Collection

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/jq085j98b

Dates:

1953-1982

Size:

10 boxes, 198 items, and 4.10 linear feet

Storage Note:

Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-10

Language:

English

Abstract: Jorge Edwards is a writer and former diplomat whose critical stance on oppressive dictatorships in Latin America has sparked controversy. This collection contains drafts of some of his novels, short stories, essays, and articles, as well as notebooks and correspondence with literary figures, politicians, and his extensive family.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

Contains drafts of the novels El Peso de la Noche (Santiago de Chile: Zig-Zag, 1967), Persona Non Grata (Barcelona: Barral Editores, 1973), Los Convidados de Piedra (Barcelona: Seix Barral, 1978), and El Museo de Cera (Barcelona: Bruguera, 1981). Drafts of several short stories, essays, and articles, as well as notebooks (1953-1970) and correspondence (1957-1982) with literary figures, politicians, and his extensive family, are also included. José Donoso, Sergio Edwards, Jaime Laso, Enrique Lihn, Pablo Neruda, Luis Pascal, José Rodriguez Feo, Jorge Sanhueza, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Claudio Véliz are some of the correspondents.

Collection Creator Biography:

Edwards, Jorge

Jorge Edwards is a Chilean writer and former diplomat whose critical stance on oppressive dictatorships in Latin America has sparked controversy. Born in Chile in 1931, Edward was educated in the United States and served as a Chilean diplomat in Cuba and France in the 1970s. He openly criticized the regimes of Fidel Castro in Cuba and Augusto Pinochet in Chile, which eventually led to his exile in Spain. He authored Persona Non Grata, a memoir of his time in Cuba, and Adios, Poeta, a biography of Pablo Neruda, along with several other novels, short stories, poems, and essays. His most persistent theme is the weakness of middle-class society, and his stories, like those of Mario Benedetti in Uruguay, show the pathos, homor, grief and tragedy inherent in his capital city. These stories have appeared in the collections El patio (1952), Gente de la ciudad (1961) and Las máscaras (1967).

Collection History

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

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. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

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:

Jorge Edwards Collection; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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