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This
collection was digitized with funding from the Institute of
Museum and Library Services. |
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| Overview |
| Title: |
José Lezama
Lima Papers, 1961-1976 |
| Collection
No: |
CHC5047 |
| Extent: |
0.50
linear ft. |
| Repository: |
Cuban
Heritage Collection, University of
Miami Libraries |
| Location: |
43D9 |
| Abstract: |
This
collection consists primarily of letters from José Lezama Lima
to his sister Eloísa Lezama Lima from 1961 to 1976. It also
includes copies of photographs, a poem, and an annotated
copy of Paradiso. |
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| Administrative
Information |
| Acquisition
Information: |
Gift
of Eloísa Lezama Lima, 2001 |
| Processed
by: |
Olga
Espejo, July 2001 |
| Encoded
by: |
Pedro
A. Figueredo and Jeff Barry, November 2001 |
| Access
Restrictions: |
This
collection is unrestricted. |
| Preferred
Citation: |
José Lezama
Lima Papers, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami
Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida. |
| Copyright
Statement: |
© 2001
University of Miami. All rights reserved. Permission to publish
materials must be obtained from the Director of the Cuban
Heritage Collection. |
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| Biographical
Note |
José Lezama
Lima
José Lezama
Lima was born to Rosa Lima Rosado and José María Lezama Rodda
on 19 December 1910 at the Campamento Militar de Columbia, Marianao,
near Havana. Lezama Lima was the second of three children, including
two sisters, Rosa and Eloísa. José studied law at the University
of Havana and graduated in 1938.
Poet, novelist
and essayist, he had a solid foundation in the classics of the
Spanish Golden Age and avidly studied the French Symbolists,
who influenced his first book of poems: Muerte de Narciso (1937).
He was one of the founders of the journals Verbum (1937), Espuela
de Plata (1939-1941), Nadie Parecía (1942-1944), and Orígenes (1944-1956).
He also collaborated in many Cuban magazines such as Gráfos, Diario
de la Marina, Revista de la Biblioteca Nacional
José Martí,
and in foreign publications among which were Revista Mexicana
de Literatura, El Heraldo Cultural (Mexico), Les
Lettres Nouvelles (France), and Tri Quarterly (US).
Over
the years his works have been studied by many literary critics,
one of
which, Emilio Bejel, considered that: "Most critics of Spanish
American literature agree that José Lezama Lima is one of the
truly universal writers of our time. His style, his poetic vision,
and the unique role he defines for literature have been a continuing
influence in Cuba, as well as throughout Latin America" (José Lezama
Lima: Poet of the Image [Gainesville, FL: University of Florida
Press, 1990] p. 2).
Lezama Lima's
works have been translated into many languages. He received the
Premio Maldoror (Spain, 1972) for his Poesías completas.
In 1968 he was honored by the Biblioteca Nacional José Martí and
in 1970 by the Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC).
Many seminars and conferences have bee dedicated to his
works, and his literary production still receives international
recognition.
Months
after his mother's death in 1964, Lezama Lima married María Luisa Bautista
Treviño. He died in Havana on 9 August 1976.
Eloísa Lezama
Lima is the youngest daughter of the Lezama Lima family. She
studied at the University of Havana and later at the University
of Puerto Rico. For 20 years, Eloísa was a professor at the Interamerican
University of Puerto Rico. She married Dr. Orlando Álvarez Tejeiro
in 1944 and has one son, Orlando Álvarez Lezama. Eloísa Lezama
Lima lives in Miami, Florida. |
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| Scope
and Content Note |
The
José Lezama Lima Papers consist of letters written by José Lezama
Lima to his sister Eloísa from 1961 to 1976. There are several
letters addressed to his sister Rosa as well as to both sisters.
Included with this correspondence are photocopies of photographs
of Lezama Lima, a poem, and a memorial card with a note from
Eloísa Lezama Lima to Gastón Baquero. This collection also
contains an annotated copy of Lezama Lima's book, Paradiso. |
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| Series
Descriptions |
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Series I. Correspondence, 1961-1976
Extent: 16
folders (Box 1) This series contains the letters of José Lezama
Lima
in Cuba to his sister Eloísa in Miami.
Series II. Photographs, [2001]
Extent: 1 folder (Box 1) In this series are
color photocopies of photographs of José Lezama Lima from the 1930s
to the 1970s. Eloísa Lezama Lima and María
Luisa Bautista, José Lezama Lima's wife, are also pictured.
Series III. Miscellaneous, n.d., 1966,
1976
Extent: 2 folders and one volume (Box 1) A poem by Lezama
Lima, "Un
par de zapatos," which includes an outline drawing of his foot, is
included in this series. Series III also contains a memorial card with
a note from Eloísa Lezama
Lima to Gastón Baquero and an annotated copy of Paradiso.
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| Container
List |
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| Related
Materials |
Selected
published materials in CHC and/or the University of Miami's
Otto G. Richter Library:
Berenguer Hernández, Carmen and Víctor Fowler Calzada. José Lezama
Lima, diccionario de citas. La Habana: Casa Editora Abril,
2000.
Centro
de Investigaciones Literarias de la Casa de las Américas. Interrogando
a Lezama Lima. Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 1971.
García-Carranza,
Araceli. Bibliografía
de José Lezama Lima. La Habana: Editorial Arte y Literatura,
1998.
González Cruz,
Iván. Album
de los amigos de José Lezama Lima. Valencia: Universidad
Politécnica de Valencia, 1999.
-----. Diccionario:
vida y obra de José Lezama Lima. Valencia: Generalitat
Valenciana, Conselleria del Cultura i Educació, Direcció General
de Promoció Cultural i Patrimoni Artistic, 2000.
Lezama
Lima, Eloísa. Una
familia habanera. Miami, Fla. Ediciones Universal, 1998.
Lezama
Lima, José. Archivo
de José Lezama Lima: miscelánea. Ed. Iván González Cruz.
Madrid: Editorial Centro de Estudios Ramón Areces, 1998.
-----. Cartas:
(1939-1976). Ed. Eloísa Lezama Lima. Madrid: Orígenes,
1979.
-----. Cartas
a Eloísa y otra correspondencia. Ed. José Triana. Madrid:
Editorial Verbum, 1998.
-----. Como
las cartas no llegan-. Ed. Ciro Bianchi Ross. La Habana:
Ediciones Unión, Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba, 2000.
-----. José Lezama
Lima: diarios (1939-49, 1956-58). Ed. Ciro Bianchi Ross.
Mexico, D.F. Ediciones Era, 1994.
-----. La
posibilidad infinita: archivo de José Lezama Lima.
Ed. Iván González Cruz. Madrid: Editorial Verbum, 2000.
-----. Para
leer debajo de un sicómoro: entrevistas con José Lezama Lima.
Ed. Félix Guerra. La Habana: Editorial Letras Cubanas, 1998.
Rodríguez
Feo, José. Mi
correspondencia con Lezama Lima. Mexico: Ediciones Era,
1991.
Ulloa, Justo
C., ed. José Lezama
Lima, textos críticos. Miami, Fla. Ediciones Universal,
1979. |
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