Vicente Huidobro papers, 1886-1968

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Summary

Creators:
Huidobro, Vicente, 1893-1948
Abstract:
Papers of the Chilean poet, novelist, playwright and polemicist, Vicente Huidobro, comprised of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, printed matter, and photographs.
Extent:
3.5 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Language:
Spanish; Castilian .
Preferred citation:

Vicente Huidobro papers, 1886-1968, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 960018.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa960018

Background

Scope and content:

Papers include correspondence with family members, friends and lovers; handwritten and typewritten drafts of poems, primarily from El ciudadano del olvido (1941) and Ultimos poemas (1948); a corrected typewritten draft of Altazor (1931); unpublished plays; three visual poems; notes and drafts of manifestoes, essays and lectures; and notebooks, some of which concern Huidobro's 1925 political campaign in Chile. There are twenty-eight photographs of Huidobro, family, and friends. One box consists of books and pamphlets by Huidobro along with literary magazines he founded, such as Creación. There is also a collage poem constructed with words cut from newspapers. Twenty-eight books and three serials received with the collection were transferred to the library.

Material is in Spanish or French.

Biographical / historical:

Vicente Huidobro, the Chilean poet, novelist, playwright and polemicist, lived much of his life in Europe, where he took part in various avant-garde movements of the 1910s, including Cubism, Dada, and Ultraism. He founded at least seven little magazines. In 1925, he ran for president of Chile. In the 1930s he joined the Communist party and fought in the Spanish Civil War; he also fought in World War II.

Acquisition information:
Acquired in 1996.
Arrangement:

Organized in 4 series: Series I. Correspondence and personal papers, 1886-1968; Series II. Photographs, 188?-1945; Series III. Manuscripts, ca. 1913-ca. 1948; Series IV. Publications and printed matter, 1921-1938; Series V. Artwork, 1931.

Physical location:
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Rules or conventions:
archives, personal papers, and manuscripts

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Vicente Huidobro papers, 1886-1968, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 960018.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa960018

Location of this collection:
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688, US
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