Angel Flores Papers,
Collection
Identifier: MSS-722-BC
Scope and Content
The Angel Flores Papers include correspondence with various Latin American authors and literary critics including Octavio Paz, Luís Dávila and Julio Cortázar. The majority of the material in the collection relates to volumes from Latin American literary symposiums on Octavio Paz, Pablo Neruda, Cesar Vallejo, Jorge Luís Borges, Horacio Quiroga, and Ricardo Palma, compiled by Angel Flores. The collection also includes critical essays and papers related to those authors and English translations of some of their prose and poetry. The collection contains 6 series, one corresponding with each of the authors.
The Octavio Paz series is divided into two subseries. The first subseries includes correspondence and drafts from the authors who participated in Aproximaciones A Octavio Paz, including their correspondence with Paz. The second subseries consists of correspondence and papers from authors, relating to a symposium that Flores never published, "Iniciacion a la poesia contemporanea hispanomaericana."
The Pablo Neruda series begins with biographical information, including a series of articles on Neruda's life from the journal O Cruzeiro and various newspaper articles. There is also a small amount of general correspondence, including one letter from Neruda. The majority of materials consist of English translations of Neruda's work, some annotated by various writers including Flores. Flores published two symposiums on Neruda, Aproximaciones a Pablo Neruda, and Nuevas Aproximaciones a Pablo Neruda.
The series on César Vallejo consists mainly of correspondence and papers related to the work of Vallejo, the majority which is related to the two volume publication Aproximaciones a César Vallejo.
The three remaining series, Jorge Luís Borges, Horacio Quiroga, and Ricardo Palma are more limited in scope and volume. The series include general biographical information, small amounts of correspondence, and drafts of some of the published symposium papers (Expliquemos a Borges como Poeta, Aproximaciones a Horacio Quiroga, and Origenes del Cuento Hispanoamericano--Ricardo Palma y sus Tradiciones: Estudios, Textos, y Análisis), and essays ultimately not included in the publications.
Most materials in the collection are in Spanish and English, a few items are in French
The Octavio Paz series is divided into two subseries. The first subseries includes correspondence and drafts from the authors who participated in Aproximaciones A Octavio Paz, including their correspondence with Paz. The second subseries consists of correspondence and papers from authors, relating to a symposium that Flores never published, "Iniciacion a la poesia contemporanea hispanomaericana."
The Pablo Neruda series begins with biographical information, including a series of articles on Neruda's life from the journal O Cruzeiro and various newspaper articles. There is also a small amount of general correspondence, including one letter from Neruda. The majority of materials consist of English translations of Neruda's work, some annotated by various writers including Flores. Flores published two symposiums on Neruda, Aproximaciones a Pablo Neruda, and Nuevas Aproximaciones a Pablo Neruda.
The series on César Vallejo consists mainly of correspondence and papers related to the work of Vallejo, the majority which is related to the two volume publication Aproximaciones a César Vallejo.
The three remaining series, Jorge Luís Borges, Horacio Quiroga, and Ricardo Palma are more limited in scope and volume. The series include general biographical information, small amounts of correspondence, and drafts of some of the published symposium papers (Expliquemos a Borges como Poeta, Aproximaciones a Horacio Quiroga, and Origenes del Cuento Hispanoamericano--Ricardo Palma y sus Tradiciones: Estudios, Textos, y Análisis), and essays ultimately not included in the publications.
Most materials in the collection are in Spanish and English, a few items are in French
Dates
- 1942-1974 (bulk 1969-1972)
Creator
- Flores, Angel, 1900-1992 (Person)
Language of Materials
English Spanish French
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publication or distribution.
Biographical Information
Angel Flores was born October 2, 1900 in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. He left Puerto Rico at age 18 or 19 for New York. He received his B.A. from New York University (1923), his M.A. from Lafayette College (1925), and his PhD from Cornell University (1947).
Flores' career was as literary critic, pundit, teacher, translator, and publisher. He navigated both the English-speaking and Spanish-speaking worlds of literature. He was one of the early translators of Pablo Neruda into English; he was the original Spanish translator for T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land. He was a friend of Federico Garcia Lorca. Flores is credited with being the first person to apply the term "magical realism" to literature.
Flores was on the faculty of Cornell University during the late 1930s, and with the support of Cornell, he founded Dragon Press, in order to provide a publishing venue for modern poets without wide public appeal. Flores spent the 1940s in Washington D.C. working for the Pan American Union (later, the Organization of American States). His work there led to the establishment of Latin American Studies as an academic discipline. Flores retired as Professor Emeritus from Queens College, New York City. He died on January 3, 1992 in Guadalajara, Mexico. During his lifetime, Angel Flores wrote more than 80 books.
Flores' career was as literary critic, pundit, teacher, translator, and publisher. He navigated both the English-speaking and Spanish-speaking worlds of literature. He was one of the early translators of Pablo Neruda into English; he was the original Spanish translator for T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land. He was a friend of Federico Garcia Lorca. Flores is credited with being the first person to apply the term "magical realism" to literature.
Flores was on the faculty of Cornell University during the late 1930s, and with the support of Cornell, he founded Dragon Press, in order to provide a publishing venue for modern poets without wide public appeal. Flores spent the 1940s in Washington D.C. working for the Pan American Union (later, the Organization of American States). His work there led to the establishment of Latin American Studies as an academic discipline. Flores retired as Professor Emeritus from Queens College, New York City. He died on January 3, 1992 in Guadalajara, Mexico. During his lifetime, Angel Flores wrote more than 80 books.
Extent
1 box (1 cu. ft.)
Abstract
The majority of material relates to volumes from Latin American literary symposiums on Octavio Paz, Pablo Neruda, Cesar Vallejo, Jorge Luís Borges, Horacio Quiroga, and Ricardo Palma, compiled by Angel Flores. The collection includes correspondence, critical essays and papers about the authors, and English translations of their prose and poetry.
Creator
- Flores, Angel, 1900-1992 (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Angel Flores Papers, 1942-1974 (bulk 1969-1972)
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Processed by K. Dillon
- Date
- ©2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
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Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu