Cecile Pineda Papers, 1959 - 1998

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Pineda, Cecile.
Extent:
29 linear ft.
Language:
English.

Background

Scope and content:

35 holograph journals from 1959 to the present, tape and video recordings of the author's work, drafts of unpublished work, photographs, literary and professional correspondence, teaching files, publishing files, and personal files.

Biographical / historical:

San Francisco Bay Area writer, who founded and directed the troupe, Theater of Man, 1969-1981. In 1985 she made her novelist debut with the publication of FACE, and the following year saw the publication of FRIEZE. Her creative work has received the National Endowment Fiction Fellowship and her 1992 novel, THE LOVE QUEEN OF THE AMAZON, was named notable book of the year by the New York Times.

Access and use

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022