A Guide to the Letter to Ramon Sopena, 1935 Letter to Ramon Sopena 10155

A Guide to the Letter to Ramon Sopena, 1935

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Accession Number 10155-af

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

10155-af

Title

Letter to Ramón Sopena, 1935

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of one item.

Creator

Jorge Luis Borges

Language

Spanish

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Jorge Luis Borges Letter, 1935, Accession #10155-af, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

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

Alternative Form

Also available on microfilm on Manuscript Division reel #M-203.

Scope and Content Information

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 .