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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Antonio Aita correspondence
Creator:
Aita, Antonio, 1891-1966
Identifier/Call Number: 0515
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/3/resources/3395
Physical Description:
1.08 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1920-1965
Abstract: Collection consists of approximately 130 letters sent from various writers and cultural figures from Latin America and Spain
to Argentine educator and writer Antonio Aita (1891-1966).
Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian.
Container: 1
Antonio Aita (1891-1966) was an Argentine educator, writer, and president of the PEN Club in Argentina. Aita also directed
the newspaper
El 9 de Julio for most of the 1940s and 1950s.
Collection consists of approximately 130 letters sent from various writers and cultural figures from Latin America and Spain
to Argentine educator and writer Antonio Aita (1891-1966). Notable literary figures represented in the collection include
Germán Arciniegas, Mariano Azuela, Rómulo Gallegos, Victoria Ocampo, Mariano Picón Salas, Alfonso Reyes, Francisco Romero,
Jaime Torres Bodet, and Arturo Uslar Pietri.
The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by the surname of the author of each letter.
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Antonio Aita correspondence, Collection no. 0515, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American
Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Authors, Argentine -- Archival resources
Correspondence
Letters
Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Spanish literature
Writers
Aita, Antonio, 1891-1966 -- Archives