Peter A. Bien Papers, 1902-2016

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Bien, Peter

Title:

Peter A. Bien Papers

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc5999nd63d

Dates:

1902-2016

Size:

16 archival boxes and 1 oversize box boxes

Storage Note:

Firestone Library (scamss): Boxes B-001901 to B-001916, P-000191

Language:

Greek, Modern English French

Abstract

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Peter Bien's original incoming correspondence with writers, scholars, and friends (circa 1958-2016), including Thomas Hart Benton, Kimon Friar, Nikos Kazantzakis, C. Day Lewis, Yannis Ritsos, and C. P. Snow, along with along with his working files on the Greek novelist Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957), comprising nine binders of photocopied letters of Kazantzakis (1902-1939) that Bien collected from other libraries and private collections. There are also nine photocopied Kazantzakis's own notebooks; Bien's notebooks (general and miscellaneous) containing clippings and other materials that relate to Kazantzakis's works and career; notebooks containing Bien's reading notes from secondary and primary materials or both; small notebooks with material he read. There are also typescripts; a copy of Kazantzakis's "Vios kai politeia tou Alexē Zorba" with marginal notes by Bien and three printed bibliographies: Katsimpalē bibliography N. Kazantzakē A 1906-1948, Perantonakē bibliography N. Kazantzakē 1973-2002, and Mantatophoros #5 November 1974. There are also two small file boxes.

Collection Creator Biography:

Bien, Peter

Collection History

Acquisition:: One part of the collection acquired with matching funds provided by the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund. (AM 2016-91). The second part of the collecrion was a gift from Prof. Peter A. Bien. (AM 2019-122)
Appraisal: No materials were removed from the collection during 2022 processing beyond routine appraisal practices.
Processing Information: This collection was processed by Kalliopi Balatsouka in 2022. Finding aid written by Kalliopi Balatsouka in 2022.

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