Finding aid for the Rubén Darío correspondence 0591
Bo Doub and Barbara Robinson
USC Libraries Special Collections
2021 April
Doheny Memorial Library 206
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USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Rubén Darío correspondence
Creator:
Darío, Rubén, 1867-1916
Creator:
Nervo, Amado, 1870-1919
Creator:
Sánchez del Pozo, Francisca, 1874-1963
Identifier/Call Number: 0591
Physical Description:
0.88 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1894-1916
Abstract: A collection of 14 letters from Rubén Darío to Julio Piquet spanning 1894 to 1914. Rubén Darío was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated
the Spanish-American literary movement known as
modernismo. Julio Piquet was the director of the Argentine newspaper
La Nación beginning in 1886. The collection also contains: a photograph of Darío's son, Rubén Darío Sánchez (1907-1948); a letter written
on mourning stationery from Francisca Sánchez del Pozo to Piquet following Darío's death in 1916; a 1916 letter to Piquet
from Amado Nervo; and a copy of Rubén Darío's last will and testament created in 1914.
Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian
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Container: 1
A collection of 14 letters from Rubén Darío to Julio Piquet spanning 1894 to 1914. Rubén Darío was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated
the Spanish-American literary movement known as
modernismo. Julio Piquet was the director of the Argentine newspaper
La Nación beginning in 1886. The collection also contains:
- A photograph of Darío's son, Rubén Darío Sánchez (1907-1948). Rubén Darío Sánchez inscribed the photograph (on verso) to Julio Piquet on 1911 November 23 in Paris.
- A letter written on mourning stationery from Francisca Sánchez del Pozo to Piquet following Darío's death in 1916. Francisca Sánchez was Darío's life-companion and widow, and mother of Rubén Darío Sánchez.
- A letter to Piquet from Amado Nervo, on 1916 May 29. Nervo was a distinguished Mexican modernist poet, journalist, educator, and ambassador to Argentina and Uruguay.
- A copy of Rubén Darío's last will and testament, created in 1914.
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Rubén Darío correspondence, Collection no. 0591, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American
Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Librería de Antaño, February 1994.
The collection is minimally processed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Poets, Nicaraguan -- Archival resources
Spanish American literature -- History and criticism -- Archival resources
Spanish American poetry -- Archival resources
Correspondence
Photographs
Darío, Rubén, 1867-1916 -- Correspondence
Piquet, Julio -- Correspondence
Nervo, Amado, 1870-1919 -- Correspondence
Sánchez del Pozo, Francisca, 1874-1963 -- Correspondence