Contents and Arrangement Expanded View

Collection Overview

Creator:
Hasson, Liliane
Title:
Liliane Hasson Collection of Latin American Writers
Repository:
Manuscripts Division
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/cc08hf66m
Dates:
1963-2005
Size:
6 boxes and 2.0 linear feet
Storage Note:
This is stored in multiple locations. Firestone Library (scamss): Boxes 1-4; B-001192 Firestone Library (scahsvm): Box 6

Abstract

Contains the letters of Reinaldo Arenas and other Latin American authors to the French translator Liliane Hasson. Also includes copies of manuscripts by Arenas and others, photographs, and audio recordings of interviews with Latin American writers.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Description:

This collection consists of correspondence between Hasson and Latin American writers and artists as well as copies of manuscripts by such Latin American authors as Reinaldo Arenas and Roberto Valero. Also includes photographs and audio recordings of interviews with Latin American writers.

Arrangement

Arranged in the following series and subseries:

Collection Creator Biography:

Hasson, Liliane

Liliane Hasson is a French writer and translator of Cuban literature. She was born in London, but moved to France when she was two. She studied Hispanic Literature at the Sorbonne, and translated the works of such Cuban writers as Reinaldo Arenas, Virgilio Piñera, Antonio José Ponte, Guillermo Rosales, and Carlos Victoria. She has also translated the works of the Spanish writer Benito Pérez Galdós. She has written books on Cuban culture and literature, including a biographical essay on the life of Arenas. She is a professor emerita in the Département d'Études Hispaniques at the Université de Nantes.

Collection History

Acquisition:

Initial acquisition purchased from Liliane Hasson in April 1996 . A later addition was purchased from Liliane Hasson in November 2010 .

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Alyssa Meyers in 2010. Finding aid written by Alyssa Meyers in 2010.

Finding aid updated by Faith Charlton in 2018. During 2022, restrictions were lifted as part of a restrictions review project.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

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.

Credit this material:

Liliane Hasson Collection of Latin American Writers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/cc08hf66m
Location:
Firestone Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-3184
Storage Note:
This is stored in multiple locations. Firestone Library (scamss): Boxes 1-4; B-001192 Firestone Library (scahsvm): Box 6