MS Span 152
Cortázar, Julio. Julio Cortázar Papers: Guide.
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
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Cataloging funded by the Francis P. Scully and Robert G. Scully Class of
1951 Fund.
Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Location: b
Call No.: MS Span 152
Creator:
Cortázar, Julio.
Title: Julio Cortázar papers,
Date(s): 1966-1980.
Quantity:
1 box (.5 linear feet)
Note:
Collection materials are in Spanish and French.
Abstract: Letters and compositions of Argentine writer Julio Cortázar, sent to his friend
and collaborator, artist Julio Silva.
Processed by: Jessica Suárez
*93M-161. Purchased with the Amy Lowell fund from Julio Silva, through Catherine Lecuillier,
Bookseller, 65 bis Boulevard Brune, 75014 Paris; received: 1994 April
9.
These papers were sent to and collected by, artist
Julio Silva.
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Julio Cortázar
Papers (MS Span 152). Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Julio Cortázar was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1914 of Argentine
parents, but he grew up in Buenos Aries, Argentina. He was
a writer, poet, and translator who authored over 25 novels and short story collections.
Some of his best known works include: Rayuela,
62 modelo para
armar, and Historias de cronopios y de famas. In 1951 he moved
to Paris due to his opposition to the Perón regime in Argentina. He lived in Paris until
his death in 1984.
Julio Silva was an artist, book designer, and a close friend of Julio Cortázar. He
collaborated with him on two "collage" books: La vuelta al día en ochenta
mundos and Último round.
Organized into the following series:
- I. Correspondence
- II. Compositions
Includes 37 letters from Cortázar to the artist Julio Silva, with whom he
collaborated on several projects. Letters to Silva include comments on books, and
some also include diagrams and drawings. Also with a carbon of a letter from Cortázar
to Italo Calvino, and a letter from Silva to Arnaldo Orfila Reynal.
Also includes manuscripts of: 62, modelo para armar,
Les
discours du Pince-Gueule, and Último round, among other
compositions.
Printed books received with this accesssion were transferred to
the Rare Book Department.
Relationship between Cortázar and Silva is documented in
Cortázar's sketch, "Un julio habla de otro," text included in La vuelta al día en
ochenta mundos ...
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Series:
I. Correspondence
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(1)
Calvino, Italo, recipient. Letter from Julio Cortázar, 1969.
1 folder.
Typescript carbon letter, page 1 only.
Includes references to Rayuela,
Los premios,
Historias de cronopios y de famas,
62, modelo para armar, and La vuelta as día en ochenta mundos.
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(3)
Silva, Julio, 1930-, recipient. Letters from Julio
Cortázar, 1966-1967.
1 folder.
Includes references to Le discours du
pince-guele,
Historia de cronopios y de famas,
Historias
de cronopios y de famas, and La vuelta al día en ochenta mundos.
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(4)
Silva, Julio, 1930-, recipient. Letters from Julio
Cortázar, 1968-1970.
1 folder.
Includes references to La vuelta al día
en ochenta mundos,
62, modelo para armar,
Último
round, and Historias de cronopios y de famas.
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(5)
Silva, Julio, 1930-, recipient. Letters from Julio
Cortázar, undated.
1 folder.
Some letters include sketches.
Includes references to Último round,
La vuelta al día en ochenta
mundos,
Historias de cronopios y de famas, and 62,
modelo para armar.
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Series:
II. Compositions
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(6)
Cortázar, Julio.
62, modelo para armar : typescript carbon, 1966.
6 folders.
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(7)
Cortázar, Julio.
62, modelo para armar : cover design mechanicals, 1966.
1 folder.
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(9)
Cortázar, Julio.
Les discours du
Pince-Gueule : autograph manuscripts, typescript carbons, circa 1966.
2 folders.
In French.
5 portions of the French text, some with
autograph revisions and annotations.
Includes the following texts:
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On dessine une petite étoile : autograph manuscript (signed),
typescript carbon
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Et non et non et non : autograph manuscript (signed), typescript
carbon
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Façon très simple de détruire une ville : autograph manuscript
(signed), typescript carbon
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Petit déjeuner : autograph manuscript (signed), typescript
carbon
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Refusé par Maggi et même par Knorr : autograph manuscript
(signed), typescript carbon
Includes additional typescript carbon pages with autograph revisions, with
titles/headings cut from pages.
Also with: invitation to the exhibition of Silva's lithographs for the book at La Galerie de l'Université, Buenos
Aires, 1966, and and photograph of 1967
exhibition.
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(11)
Cortázar, Julio.
Una muerte monstruosa:
Roque Dalton : typescript photocopy, undated.
1 folder.
hou01939
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