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José Bianco Papers, 1928-1985 (bulk 1941-1979): Finding Aid
C0681
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Summary Information
- Creator:
- Bianco, José.
- Title and dates:
- José Bianco Papers, 1928-1985 (bulk 1941-1979)
- Abstract:
- The José Bianco Papers consists of notes and correspondence of the Argentine editor, author, and translator José Bianco, as well as a small selection of writings by others and audio recordings of Cuban poets José Lezama Lima and Nicolás Guillén reading their poetry.
- Size:
- 0.4 linear feet (1 box)
- Call number:
- C0681
- Location:
- Princeton University Library. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Manuscripts Division.
Princeton, New Jersey 08544 USA - Language(s) of material:
- French, Spanish.
- Storage note:
- This collection is stored onsite at Firestone Library.
Biography of José Bianco
José “Pepe” Bianco was born on 21 November 1908 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He left the university just shy of obtaining a law degree, and later joined the prestigious literary journal Sur as a contributor in 1938. Bianco rose through the ranks from secretary to editor, and it was during his years at Sur that the publication earned its greatest international renown. However, in 1961, a public disagreement with Victoria Ocampo, the head of Sur, over a trip he took to Cuba led to Bianco's resignation. Bianco quickly began work at Editorial Universitaria de Buenos Aires (EUDEBA), but again was forced to resign only six years later when the dictator Juan Carlos Onganía took over the government of Argentina.
In addition to his editorial work, Bianco also wrote four principal works, La pequeña Gyaros (short stories, 1932), Sombras suele vestir (novel, 1941), Las ratas (novel, 1943), and La pérdida del reino (novel, 1972). A collection of his essays previously written for Sur and other publications were published as Ficción y realidad (1977). Bianco was also well regarded as a translator of the writings of foreign authors to Spanish, including Samuel Beckett, Julien Benda, Ambrose Bierce, T. S. Eliot, Jean Genet, Henry James, Jean Paul Sartre, Tom Stoppard, and Paul Valéry. He was a long-time friend of fellow countryman Jorge Luis Borges, as well as publisher, through Sur, of Borges' El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan and Ficciones.
Bianco died in Buenos Aires on 24 April 1986 as a result of a lung ailment.
Description
Consists primarily of correspondence received by Bianco by a wide selection of Latin American writers. The major correspondents are Mexicans Elena Garro and Octavio Paz, and Argentines Silvina Ocampo and Victoria Ocampo. Other correspondents include Julio Cortázar, Juan Gustavo Cobo Borda, César Fernández Moreno, Juan García Ponce, Jorge Guillén, Eduardo Mallea, Ezequiel Martínez Estrada, Adrienne Monnier, Daniel Moyano, Maurice Saillet, Alejandro Rossi, Ernesto Sábato, Eduardo Schiaffino, Virgilio Piñera, and Gabriel Zaid. Also included are a small selection of manuscript pages by Bianco in the form of a diary, four poetry manuscripts by César Fernández Moreno, one prose manuscript by Elena Garro, and one prose manuscript by an unknown author, and audio recordings of José Lezama Lima and Nicolás Guillén reading their poetry.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- Series 1: Notes
- Series 2: Correspondence
- Series 3: Writings of Others
- Series 4: Tape Recordings
- Series 5: Additional Correspondence
Access and Use
Access
Collection is open for research use.
Restrictions on Use and Copyright Information
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.
Acquisition and Appraisal
Provenance and Acquisition
The collection was acquired from Juan José Hernández, heir of Bianco.
Processing and Other Information
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Encoding
Machine-readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002 by TechBooks and Cristela García-Spitz on March 23, 2007.
Finding aid written in English.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); José Bianco Papers, Box and Folder Number; Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Subject Headings
These materials have been indexed in the Princeton University Library online catalog using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
- Guillén, Nicolás, 1902-1989 -- Interviews.
- Lezama Lima, Joseé, 1912-1976 -- Interviews.
- Argentine literature -- 20th century.
- Authors, Argentine -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
- Authors, Latin American -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
- Dramatists, Mexican -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
- Latin American literature -- 20th century.
- Novelists, Argentine -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
- Novelists, Mexican -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
- Poets, Cuban -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
- Audio cassettes.
- Audiotapes.
- Correspondence.
- Manuscripts.
- Novelists, Argentine -- 20th century.
- Garro, Elena.
- Ocampo, Silvina.
- Ocampo, Victoria, 1890-1979.
- Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998.
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Contents List
Series 1: Notes
Series Description
This series consists of manuscript notes and pages in the form of a diary, and is organized chronologically.
Notes and Pages from a Diary, 1938[?], 1945
Box 1, Folder 1 Series 2: Correspondence
Series Description
This series consists of correspondence received by Bianco. The major correspondents are Mexican writers Elena Garro and Octavio Paz, and Argentine writers Silvina Ocampo and Victoria Ocampo. Other correspondents include Julio Cortázar, Juan Gustavo Cobo Borda, César Fernández Moreno, Juan García Ponce, Jorge Guillén, Eduardo Mallea, Ezequiel Martínez Estrada, Adrienne Monnier, Daniel Moyano, Maurice Saillet, Alejandro Rossi, Ernesto Sábato, Eduardo Schiaffino, Virgilio Piñera, and Gabriel Zaid. There is also one letter by André Gide to Guillermo de Torre. This series is organized first by major and minor correspondents, with the letters of Garro, the Ocampo sisters, and Paz housed in individual folders arranged alphabetically. The remaining correspondents are grouped in collective folders and arranged alphabetically by correspondent, with the exception of the Gide letter to de Torre which is housed in an individual folder at the end of the series. See also series V. Additional Correspondence for further letters.
Garro, Elena: 3 TLsS and 23 ALsS, 1947-1974
Box 1, Folder 2 Ocampo, Silvina: 21 ALsS, poem “Ondine,” and 1 photograph, 1941-1956
Box 1, Folder 3 Ocampo, Victoria: TLS, 18 ALsS, and 1 photograph, 1941-1978
Box 1, Folder 4 Paz, Octavio: 28 TLsS, 25 ALsS, 1 sonnet to Bianco, poem “México: Olimpiadas de 1968,” 1943-1979
Box 1, Folder 5 Others, A-F
Alonso, Amado: TLS to Roberto Weibel-Richart about Bianco, 1946
Box 1, Folder 6 Argüedas, José María: ALS, undated
Box 1, Folder 6 Baeza, Ricardo: TLS to Roberto Weibel-Richart about Bianco, 1946
Box 1, Folder 6 Balderston, Daniel: ALS, 1978
Box 1, Folder 6 Barbieti, Vicente: 2 TLsS, 1944
Box 1, Folder 6 Benda, Julien: 3 ALsS, 1947
Box 1, Folder 6 Bioy Cásares, Adolfo: TLS, 1942
Box 1, Folder 6 Boneheur, Henry: ALS, 1976
Box 1, Folder 6 Caillois, Roger: ALS, 1943
Box 1, Folder 6 Christ, Ronald: TLS and L (copy), 1982
Box 1, Folder 6 Cobo Borda, Juan Gustavo: 3 TLsS, 1978-1983
Box 1, Folder 6 Cortázar, Julio: ALS and TLS, 1952-1966
Box 1, Folder 6 Etchebehere, M.: 6 TLsS, 1977-1985
Box 1, Folder 6 Fernández, Pablo Armando: TLS, 1974
Box 1, Folder 6 Others, G-L
García Ponce, Juan: 6 TLsS and 2 Ls (attached) signed “Michele,”, 1973-1974
Box 1, Folder 7 Giusti, Roberto Fernando: ALS, 1928
Box 1, Folder 7 Guillén, Jorge: 3 ALsS, 1945-1956
Box 1, Folder 7 Jiménez, Juan Ramón: ALS, 1941
Box 1, Folder 7 Lida de Malkiel, María Rosa: ALS, 1951
Box 1, Folder 7 Lida, Raimundo: ALS, 1972
Box 1, Folder 7 Others, M-O
Mallea, Eduardo: ALS and TLS to Conde Wladimir D'Ormesson about Bianco, 1946
Box 1, Folder 8 Martínez Estrada, Ezequiel: ALS to Roberto Weibel-Richart about Bianco and 2 TLsS, 1946-1950
Box 1, Folder 8 Martmarchi, C.: TLS, 1953
Box 1, Folder 8 Mastonardi, [?]: 2 ALsS, 1953-1972
Box 1, Folder 8 Mello Mourao, Gerardo: TLS, 1974
Box 1, Folder 8 Métraux, Alfred: TLS, circa 1945-1946
Box 1, Folder 8 Molloy, Sylvia: ALS, 1978
Box 1, Folder 8 Monnier, Adrienne: 3 ALsS, 1947-1948
Box 1, Folder 8 Moyano, Daniel: TLS, 1968
Box 1, Folder 8 Mujica Láinez, Manuel: 2 ALsS, 1982-1983
Box 1, Folder 8 Oyarzún, Luis: ALS, circa 1970
Box 1, Folder 8 Others, P-Z
Pacheco, José Emilio: TLS, 1975
Box 1, Folder 9 Porchia, Antonio: ALS, 1954
Box 1, Folder 9 Reyes, Alfonso: TLS, 1946
Box 1, Folder 9 Romero, Francisco: TLS, 1943
Box 1, Folder 9 Rose, Pepe: 2 TLsS, 1971-1972
Box 1, Folder 9 Rossi, Alejandro: 5 ALsS, 1984-1986
Box 1, Folder 9 Sábato, Ernesto: 2 TLsS, 1953-1980
Box 1, Folder 9 Saillet, Maurice: 3 ALsS, 1953-1955
Box 1, Folder 9 Suárez, Alvaro F.: 2 TLsS, 1972-1973
Box 1, Folder 9 Villaurrutia, Xavier: 2 TLsS, 1944-1948
Box 1, Folder 9 Zaid, Gabriel: ALS, 1984
Box 1, Folder 9 Letters to and from Others
André Gide to Guillermo de Torre: ALS, 1937
Box 1, Folder 10 Series 3: Writings of Others
Series Description
This series consists of four poetry manuscripts by César Fernández Moreno, one prose manuscript by Elena Garro, and one prose manuscript by an unknown author. Both the Fernández Moreno and Garro manuscripts are accompanied by letters by the authors. This series is organized by alphabetically by writer, with the unknown author at the end of the series.
Fernández Moreno, César: poetry, “Buscando la vuelta o la sociedad de consumo,” “Antología,” “La última hija,” and “Gnoseología,” TMssS with holograph corrections, 4 pp. total, TLS by Fernández Moreno to Bianco, 1973
Box 1, Folder 10A Garro, Elena: prose, “Socrates y los gatos,” TMs with holograph corrections, 52 pp., ALS by Garro to Bianco, 1974
Box 1, Folder 11 Unknown author: prose, “Argentina 1943,” TMs, 13 pp., undated
Box 1, Folder 12 Series 4: Tape Recordings
Series Description
This series consists of an audiotape of José Lezama Lima and Nicolás Guillén reading their poetry, and an audiocassette of Guillén reading 11 of his poems.
“Grabaciones de Lezama Lima y de Nicolás Guillén” (audiotape), undated
Box 1, Folder 13 “Nicolás Guillén reading from his poetry” (audiocassette), undated
Box 1, Folder 13 “Pero señor”
Box 1, Folder 13 “Che Guevara”
Box 1, Folder 13 “Lectura de domingo”
Box 1, Folder 13 “Responde tú”
Box 1, Folder 13 “3 poemas minimos”
Box 1, Folder 13 “Palma sola”
Box 1, Folder 13 “Acana”
Box 1, Folder 13 “Iba yo por un camino”
Box 1, Folder 13 “Rosa tu melancólica”
Box 1, Folder 13 “Pero que te pueda ver”
Box 1, Folder 13 “Ana María”
Box 1, Folder 13 Series 5: Additional Correspondence
Series Description
This series consists of additional correspondence by Josefina Atucha de Llavallol [“Tota”], Joseph Lanza del Vasto, Virgilio Piñera, and Eduardo Schiaffino. There are also two letters by Bianco to Juan José Hernández. This series is organized alphabetically by correspondent. See also series II. Correspondence for the bulk of the letters.
Atucha de Llavallol, Josefina [“Tota”]: 2 ALsS, 1951
Box 1, Folder 14 Hernández, Juan José: TL and ALS by Bianco, [1960]
Box 1, Folder 14 Lanza del Vasto, Joseph: ALS, 1958
Box 1, Folder 14 Piñera, Virgilio: TLS to Juan José Hernández, 1968
Box 1, Folder 14 Schiaffino, Eduardo: 2 ALsS, 1933
Box 1, Folder 14
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