Letter to Ramón Sopena, 1935

Location of collection:

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

University of Virginia

P.O. Box 400110

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Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110

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Summary

Creator:

Jorge Luis Borges

Language:

Spanish

Background

Scope and content:

This is a signed autograph letter, 1935, from Jorge Luis Borges, Mar del Plata, Argentina, to Ramón Sopena, director of Editorial Sopena, Buenos Aires, Argentina, written on the verso of two postcards of scenes in Mar del Plata. Borges mentions authors [Alejandro] Xul Solar (1887-1963), Manuel Peyrou (1902- ), Amado Alonso (1896-1952) and Pedro Henriquez Urena. He refers to several of his own published poems and other writings, including: Fervor de Buenos Aires, Cuaderno San Martín, Muertes de Buenos Aires, Luna de Enfronte, Historia Universal de la Infamia, El Espantoso Redentor Lazarus Morell, and El Tintorero Enmascarado Hàkim de Merv.

Acquisition information:

This letter was purchased by the Library from Alfredo Breitfeld of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 19, 1996.

Physical description:

This collection consists of one item.