Wright, B. mss., ca. 1930-2009
This collection is open for research.
Barbara Wright (1915-2009) is considered one of the premier English translators of modern French literature. An Englishwoman,
born in 1915, Wright studied music in Paris in the years before World War II. She began her career as an art and literary
critic before devoting her time to translation. She specialized in "poetic prose" and drama, especially French surrealist
and existential writing, but she translated works in several genres including women's literature, historical fiction, and
fantasy. In 1986 she was made an officer in l'Ordre des Artes et des Lettres in l'Academie Française.
The collection is arranged into the following series: I. Personal; II. Writings, excluding translations; III. Individuals:
correspondence and translations; IV. Organizations and publications; V. Radio: scripts and correspondence; VI. Miscellaneous
notebooks; VII. Conferences and events; VIII. Collège de 'Pataphysique; IX. Clippings by subject; X. Photographs; XI. Honors
and certificates; XII. Miscellaneous
The Wright B. mss., ca. 1930-2009, consists of the papers of translator Barbara Wright relating to her English translations
of French authors. The papers include correspondence with individuals and organizations, notebooks with notes for Wright's
translations, drafts of translations, scripts of radio programs Wright translated, reviews of works Wright translated,
calendar books, writings by Wright, programs, travel journals, and clippings.
Series:
Individuals: correspondence and translations
Arranged alphabetically by last name
Includes correspondence, writings, notebooks, clippings, and other materials related to each individual
Albert-Birot, Arlette
Correspondence, 2003-2004
Correspondence with Arlette Albert-Birot and others, some regarding the Colloque
Pierre Albert-Birot, 1976-2001,
undated
Albert-Birot, Pierre
Correspondence with Pierre Albert-Birot and others, including Arlette
Albert-Birot, 1965-1987,
undated
Notebook titled "PAB Prog." [Pierre Albert-Birot
Prog.]
Grabinoulor
Notebook titled "Grabi 1933 (changes)" [
Grabinoulor,
1933 (changes) ]
Notebook titled "Grabi Nov. '85" [
Grabinoulor,
1985, Nov. ]
French text of
Grabinoulor and notes
French text of
Grabinoulor II
Box 2
Reviews, 1964-1987
Miscellaneous material
La Guerre text and images
Poems by Albert-Birot
Articles on and interviews with Albert-Birot, 1950-1973
Gouche by Albert-Birot
Back reads in French: "I certify that this sketch is by Pierre Albert-Birot."
Signed: H. Albert Birot
Material related to "Bonne Année" and various poems by
Albert-Birot
Publications on Albert-Birot and publicity materials from events related to
Albert-Birot, 1957-2001
Miscellaneous programs, publications, notes, and notebook related to
Albert-Birot
Alessandrello, Francesca
Correspondence, 2004
Ami
Correspondence, 1977-2007
Untitled notebook, correspondence with Ami, notes, and photocopies from
Farces du moyen age all related to "Middle
English,"
1985
Correspondence with Ami all related to "The
Law,"
1989
Anderson, Robert
Correspondence with Anderson and George Braziller
concerning Nathalie Sarraute, 1996-2006
Armour, Milly
Correspondence, 1979-1981
Arnaud, Noël
Correspondence concerning a conference on Alfred Jarry, Centre Culturel
International de Cerisy-la-Salle, 1981
Materials from a conference on Alfred Jarry, Centre Culturel International de
Cerisy-la-Salle, including correspondence with Arnaud and others, 1981-1985
Arrabal, Fernando
Original card created by Arrabal, number 13 in a series of 20, 2007, Apr. 20
The Car Cemetery
Photocopy of the play from
Arrabal: Four Plays,
1962
Program and advertisement from Gate Theatre for the play, 2007
Correspondence with Gate Theatre concerning the play, 2002-2007
Proof of the play with notes, 2007, Oct. 11
Fando and Lis, three programs and program note drafts, 1961
The Labyrinth flyer, 1968,
June
Picnic and
Guernica program, 1991, July
Reviews and articles on Arrabal, 1960-1991
Two photographs with Arrabal and one postcard, 1976-2001
Badinter, Elisabeth
See also:
Notebook titled Badinter / Alksnis, translation for Alksnis
Correspondence with Badinater and Rosalie Siblesz,
1987-1989
Five notebooks titled "Badinter (Notes: Book 1) / Badinter Author Refs
(Book 1),"
"Badinter notes (Book 2) / Badinter Author Refs (Book 2),"
"Badinter notes (Book 3),"
"Badinter," and "Badinter Vocab, Biblio, Queries;
Questions on Proof Reading: (As from: C); Questions for Guido: (As from: G)"
Reviews and articles on Badinter, 1989
Bann, Stephen
Correspondence with Bann and Philip Steadman, some
concerning Pierre Albert-Birot, 1968-1986
Beckett, Samuel
Eleuthéria
Notebook titled "Eleutheria"
Articles on
Eleuthéria and related correspondence, 1995
Reviews and articles, 1995-1996
Miscellaneous notes on Beckett and translation
Bellos, David
Correspondence, 2009
Benmussa, Simone
Correspondence with Benmussa, Josephine Hart, and
David Pugh, some concerning
"Lady into Fox,"
1979-1988,
undated
Apparences (adapted from Henry James's
"The Private Life"
)
French script
Press file containing French reviews, 1979
"The Private Life"
by Henry
James
Two flyers
Reviews in English, 1980
Portrait of Dora
Flyer
Review, 1979
The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs
Program, 1978
Reviews, 1978-1982
Miscellaneous articles, 1979-1989
Bertrand, Jacques A.
Correspondence, 1995-2008
Writings by Bertrand in French and English, 1996-2004
Writings on Bertrand, 2002-2004
Notes
Bessie, Simon Michael
Correspondence with Simon Michael Bessie, Cornelia Bessie,
and others at Harper & Row Publishers
1980-1989
Bouloumié, Arlette
Correspondence related to Colloque International de Cerisy-la-Salle on Michel
Tournier, 1989
Notes
Bourdon, Sylvia
Love is a Feast reviews, 1977
Brenan, Gerald
One letter, undated
Clippings, 1982-1992
Brombert, Victor
Correspondence regarding Michel Tournier, 1984-1986
Review of
Victor Hugo and the Visionary Novel,
1984, Dec. 19
Brotchie, Alastair
Correspondence, 1983-1993
Buggeln, Samuel
Correspondence regarding Queneau’s
"The Flight of
Icarus,"
2004
Bush, Peter
Correspondence, 1993-1994
Campbell-Sposito, Mary
Correspondence, 1992-1995
Articles by Campbell-Sposito, 1984-1988
Notebook titled "Queneau Rev. Cont. F. for May 93" [
Raymond Queneau,
Review of Contemporary Fiction for
1993, May
Carroll, Lewis
Notebook titled "L. Carroll 15-1-67" [Lewis Carroll, 1967, Jan. 15]
Claudel, Paul
The Exchange (
L'Échange ) script,
correspondence, and notebook titled "Claudel"
Correspondence with the Institut Français, 1992
Notebook titled "Claudel"
Photocopied French script with notes
English script translated by Wright and Vladimir
Mirodan, 1983, Oct. 23
Clippings on Claudel and other topics, 1983-1984
Confortes, Claude
The Marathon (
Le Marathon )
Postcard, 1983, Sept. 14
Two copies of the book
Le Marathon with notes and clippings,
1973-1983
Two notebooks titled "Le marathon" and one notebook titled "Marathon Songs"
Two drafts of the English script translated by Wright and Valdimir
Mirodan, 1984, Jan. 6
Drafts of songs
Notes
Flyers for
The Marathon at The Albany Empire,
1984,
undated
Reviews, 1984
Costa, Margaret Jull
Correspondence, 1999-2004
Clippings and documents on translation, 1994-1995,
undated
Courcel, Martine de
Correspondence regarding translation of
Tolsoi, l'impossible
coincidence
, 1981-1984
Couteaux, André
Correspondence with Couteaux and Nicholas Fry of
MacDonald and Co. concerning
L'Enfant a Femmes,
Portrait of the Boy as a Young Wolf, and other subjects, 1967
Reviews of
Portrait of the Boy as a Young Wolf and
My Father's Keeper,
1968
Craig, Maurice
Correspondence, 1967
Demarco, Richard of the Richard Demarco Gallery
Correspondence, 1980
Edward, George
Correspondence, 1977
Etienne, Luc
Correspondence and translations and sheet music for
"Le Porc,"
1975-1984,
undated
Fell, Jill
Essays and other writings, 1991-1999,
undated
Box 3
Fitzgerald, Russell
Correspondence, 1977-1985
(4 folders)
Gallenzi, Alessandro
Correspondence, 2007-2009
Gary, Romain (Ajar, Emile)
Correspondence with Gary (as Emile Ajar) and
Beverly Gordey and others of Doubleday concerning
King Solomon, 1979-1982
Clippings and writings on Gary, 1975-2007,
undated
Reviews of Gary's works, 1972-1987
Les cerfs-volants (as Gary), 1980
Les Clowns lyriques (as Gary), 1979
Europa (as Gary), 1972
Gros-Câlin (as Ajar), 1974-1976
King Solomon (
l'Angoisse du roi
Solomon
) (as Ajar), 1979-1983
Momo (as Ajar), 1978-1987
Pseudo (as Ajar), 1976
Les têtes de Stéphanie (as Gary, with
Shaton Bogat), 1974
La vie devant soi (as Ajar), 1975-1976
Genet, Jean
See also:
Notebook titled Fr. Tristan, Wm. Morrow / Jean Vautrin N.D. / 4-11-87 AMI: Choses / Tournier Angus /
5-7-90 Genet / B'beck: Research Students 21-3-89 / Croquis 24-3-89 TR Book
Notebook titled "Genet, May 1987" [Jean Genet,
1987, May]
The Balcony (
Le Balcon )
Correspondence with The Royal Shakespeare Company concerning
The Balcony,
1972-1985
Photocopy of the French printed script, first edition, 1956, June
10
Photocopy of the French printed script, second edition, 1960, Feb.
10
Four notebooks collectively titled "Translations of other
versions" and individually titled "Version I, The Balcony, Scene 6,
8, 9, 10, 11, 12;"
"The Balcony, comparisons of versions I, V, and II / Version I, end of scene
XII;"
"Genet, edition II, scene VI (revolutionary) / Genet, edition II, p.
160;" and "Le Balcon / 268-281 E, 195-205 / Version I, scene 15,
167-195, 282-323 E,"
undated
Notebook titled "Le Balcon"
Script translated by Wright and Terry Hands
Notes on the play and for the program
Programs and publicity material, 1987,
undated
Notebook of clippings titled "R.S.C. and The Balcony" [Royal
Shakespeare Company and
The Balcony], 1971-1972
Clippings and publications on Genet,
The Balcony, the Royal
Shakespeare Company, and other subjects, 1957-1988
Graur, Or
Correspondence, 2004-2006
Grove, Victor
Correspondence with Victor Grove and Herta Grove, 1978-1987;
Article mentioning Grove, 1950
Guignand, Jean Claude
Correspondence with Guignand and others, 1968-1999
Guigonnat, Henri
Correspondence, 1984-1998
Habunek, Vlado
Correspondence with Habunek, Pitlochry Festival Theatre,
and others, 1979-1994
Notes on
Mr. Klebs and Rozalie
Pitlochry Festival Theatre brochures and press release, 1979-1981
Programs for productions Habunek was involved with, 1988-1989
Obituaries for Habunek, 1994
Hamburger, Jean
See also:
Notebook
titled Démone; Harvey; (Chambers) / Frankfurt; L'Herbe d'Or, Collins 23/11/82,
Ring
Correspondence, 1984-1993
The Diary of William Harvey
Correspondence with Karen Reeds and others regarding the publication,
1991-1995
Two notebooks titled "Harvey," one notebook titled "Harvey II" [
The Diary of William Harvey: The
imaginary journal of the physician who revolutionized medicine
(
Le
Journal de William Harvey
) ]
Photocopy of
William Harvey: The man, the physician, and the
scientist
by Kenneth D. Keele, 1965
Clippings, 1985-1992
Box 4
Hangouët, Jean-François
Correspondence with Hangouët and Caroline Bongrand
regarding Romain Gary, 2000-2003
Publications by Hangouët on Romain Gary, 1998-2000
Photograph
Holkers, Per-Anders
Correspondence, 1948-2008
Howard, Philip
Correspondence, 1993
Howe, Philip
Correspondence, 1998-2001
Photographs, undated
Iommi, Godofredo
Correspondence, 1963-1971,
undated
Writings, 1963-1982,
undated
Ionesco, Eugene
Correspondence with Ionesco and others, 1984-2003
Notebook labeled "Ionesco / Kundera"
Journeys Among the Dead [
Voyages chez les
morts
]
Partial English script with notes
Notes on the French script, 1984, Feb. 6,
undated
Flyers and program, 1987, Jan.
Reviews, 1987,
Jan.-Feb.
A review of of Ionesco's
Plays by Christopher
Logue titled
"The Liberal Fraud,"
Wright's response, Logue's response to her, and
Wright's response to him, 1958
Interview with Ionesco in French and English, 1987
Jarry, Alfred
Ubu Roi
A list of
Ubu Roi productions, 1964
Programs for productions, 1951-1978,
undated
"Traductrice"
on
Ubu Roi by
Wright, 1985
Flyers on events marking the centenary of
Ubu Roi, 1996
Reviews, 1951-1970
Traverse Theatre production
Flyers, 1963
Clippings, 1963
Supermale reviews, 1968-1977
Jefferson, Ann
Correspondence with Jefferson and Maurice Lévy, 1991-1993
Kingston, Miles
Correspondence, 1975-1986
Clipping by Kingston, 1983
Kogan, Vivian
Correspondence, some regarding the introduction to Queneau's
Les Fleurs Bleues
1982-1992
Introduction to Queneau's
Les Fleurs Bleues by
Kogan, 1983
Kôzberi, Emire and Emre Konuk
Correspondence, 1971-1985
Two notebooks, one untitled and one titled "Emire + Emre, Sept. 1976"
[Emire Kôzberi and Emre Konuk, 1976, Sept.]
Kundera, Milan
"In Saint Garta's Shadow"
(
"L'Ombre
Castratrice de Saint Garta"
)
Text in French with notes, 1991
Printed English translation, 1991
"Un occident kidnappe ou la tragédie de l'Europe Centrale"
and
untitled writing by Kundera
Clipping on Kundera, 1991
Landers, Clifford of the American Translators Association
Correspondence, 2003-2004
Clippings, 2004
Lauer, Pierre
The Suns of Badarane (
Les Soleils de
Badarane
)
Three notebooks titled "Badarane,"
"Badarane, Anglais-Anglais," and "Badarane,
slang wanted for" [
The Suns of Badarane (
Les Soleils de Badarane ) ]
Notes and clippings removed from notebooks
Reviews, 1971
Le Porrier, Herbert
Correspondence, 1977-1979
Notebook titled "Le Porrier"
Clippings, 1976-1977
Leggatt, Jeremy
Notebook titled "Le médecin de Cordoue, Books, Transliteration"
Correspondence with Leggatt and others, 1992-1994
Clippings on Erik Orsenna and his
Love and
Empire,
1988-1992,
undated
Lewik, Dzidzia
Correspondence with Lewik and others, 1969-1993
Clippings, 1969-1973
Linard, Jean
Booklet by Linard
Photographs
Loeb, Florence
Correspondence, 1993-2008
Notebook titled "Florence"
"Florence of Arabia: Behind the scenes in the Sahara"
(
"Florence d’Arabie: Dans les coulisses du Désert"
) essay in French and
English, 1994-1995,
undated
Loeb's curriculum vitae in French and English
Miscellaneous writings by Loeb in French and English, 1997-2006,
undated
Photographs
Lowrey, Burling
Correspondence regarding Queneau's
Exercises in
Style,
1981-1991
Maillet, Antonine
Correspondence, 1982-1984
Pélagie-la-Charrette review, 1983
McEwen, Todd
Correspondence with McEwen and others, 1982-1994
Meier, Ursula
Correspondence regarding Pinget project, 2000
Minogue, Valerie
Correspondence, 1983-1991
Mirodan, Vladimir
Correspondence with Mirodan, Eric Glass, and the
Albany Empire theatre, 1983-1987
Ubu News, Fall 1984 issue with an
article by Wright
Mitchell, Breon of the Lilly Library
Correspondence, 2002-2008
Deed of gift and lists of books donated, 2004,
undated
Miscellaneous Lilly Library publications, 2002-2004,
undated
Monet, Esther
Correspondence, 2007-2008
The Car Cemetery reviews, 2007
Newman, Kate
Correspondence, 1996-1999
Obaldia, René de
Correspondence with Obaldia and Eric Glass, 1972-1982
"Mr. Klebs and Rosalie"
(
"Monsieur Klebs
et Rosalie"
)
notebook titled "Merrss. Klebs"
Programs, 1976,
undated
Reviews and clippings, 1978-1980
Piégay-Gros, Nathalie of la revue
Europe
Correspondence concerning Robert Pinget, 2001-2003
Pinget, Robert
See also:
Notebook titled Stefan 16 Oct. 2008 / Pinget Nov. 2008
,
Notebook
titled Le Petit Prince / Pinget, 2002
,
Notebook titled Pinget / Caradec
Correspondence with Robert Pinget, Blanche Pinget, and
others, 1973-1997
(3 folders)
Correspondence with Thierry M. concerning Pinget, 1989
Box 5
Notebook titled "Du Nerf, Théo" [
Be
Brave
(
Du Nerf ),
Théo or The New
Era
(
Théo ou Le Temps Neuf ) ]
Notebook titled "L'Ennemi, Du Nerf, Théo" [
The
Enemy
(
L'Ennemi ),
Be Brave
(
De Nerf ), and
Théo or The New Era
(
Théo ou Le Temps Neuf ) ]
About Nothing script and notes
The Apocrypha (
L'Apocryphe
)
notebook titled titled "L'Apocryphe,"
1984
Notes, 1982-1984
Between Fantoine and Agapa (
Entre Fantoine et
Agapa
)
Translation notes and queries, 1981-1982,
undated
Notebook titled "Pinget E.F.A." [
Between
Fantoine and Agapa
(
Entre Fantoine et Agapa ) ]
A Bizarre Will (
Un testament bizarre
)
Notebook titled "Un testament bizarre"
Script
Fable notebook titled "Fable"
Le Libera Me Domine
Page proofs, 1974
Four notebooks titled "Libera U.S.,"
"Le Libera,"
"Libera," and "Libera II"
Passacaille notebook
Notebook
Notes, 1973-1974
Someone (
Quelqu'un )
Translation notes, queries, and corresponence, 1982-1983,
undated
Two notebooks titled "Quelqu'un"
Traces of Ink (
Taches d'Encre
)
Correspondence, 1998-1999
Two notebooks, 1998,
undated
Draft
Proof, 1999
"Time"
(
"Le Temps"
) script and
text titled
"Jean Loiseau Récit,"
2008,
undated
Miscellaneous writings by Pinget, 1981-1985
La Chouette issue on Pinget
Miscellaneous, 1979-2002,
undated
Pons, Max
Correspondence regarding
Bonaguil, 1987
Powys, John Cowper
Quotes from
"A Philosophy of Solitude"
Prévaux, Aude Yung-de
Jacques and Lotka: A Resistance Story reviews, 2000
Queneau, Raymond
Correspondence, 1954-1973,
undated
Notebook titled "R.Q. Letters, 20-03-07" [Raymond
Queneau letters, 2007, Mar. 20]
Correspondence with others regarding Queneau, including Michael
Edwards, Chas Kestermeier, Patricia von Münchow,
Fergus Pyle, Teo Savoy, and Allen Thiher,
1977-1997
Correspondence with others regarding Belguin Q. Center, 1977-2003
Notebook titled "Sally Mara"
"L'Analyic Mamcielle de la Langue un Francais"
French text,
1969, Mar. 23
At the Edge of the Forest (
À la Limite de la
Forêt
)
French text
French draft with English introduction by Wright
The Bark Tree (
Le Chiendent
)
Notebook titled "Chiendent" [
The Bark
Tree
(
Le Chiendent ) ]
Unlabeled notebook with "Bark Tree" heading inside and
reviews
Reviews, 1968-1974
Blue Flowers (
Fleurs Bleues
)
Notes
Eight notebooks titled "Methuen F.B. Notes (contd);"
"Methuen Fleurs Bleues Vocab.;"
"Methuen Notes [drawings of blue flowers];"
"Fleurs Bleues Form;"
"Methuen F.B. And Books Consulted (see z);"
"Les Fleurs Bleues,"
1968, Aug. 3;
"F.B. Meth.,"
1970, July 16;
"Les Fleurs Bleues
26-1-67" [
Les Fleurs Bleues, 1967, Jan. 26]
(3 folders)
Reviews, 1967-2008
Exercises in Style (
Exercises de Style
)
Proof of a new edition of
Exercises in Style and attached letter,
2009, Feb. 6
Four notebooks titled "Exercises I,"
"Exercises II,"
"Exercises III,"
"Exercises IV," [
Exercises in Style ]
1953-1958,
undated
Reviews, 1958-1983,
undated
Photographs
Miscellaneous, 1988-1990,
undated
The Flight of Icarus
Two notebooks titled "Icarus" and "Icarus 2" [
The Flight of Icarus ]
Notes, 1972,
undated
Reviews, 1973-1980
Journal Intime (Sally Mara) French text, 1962
The Last Days (
Les derniers jours
)
Two notebooks titled "Les Derniers Jours" and "Les Derniers Jours / Les D.J. 1920s Vocab"
Reviews, 1990-1991
Miscellaneous photocopies, 1948-1988
Pierrot mon ami
Three notebooks titled "Pierrot,"
"Pierrot," and "Pierrot mon
ami"
Notes, 1986,
undated
box 6
Reviews, 1988
Miscellaneous photocopies and clippings, 1965-1985,
undated
Miscellaneous, 1985-1992,
undated
Saint Glinglin English text and related letter and review, 1995,
undated
"Science and Literature"
related correspondence and
miscellaneous
Correspondence with Queneau and others, 1959-2001,
undated
Notes and miscellaneous
"Filosofos y vagos"
text
The Sunday of Life (
Le dimanche de la
vie
)
Three notebooks titled "Le dimanche de la vie;"
"Dimanche;" and "Dimanche 29-11-74, Am-Eng.
29-12-7[?];"
1974,
undated
Notes
Reviews and related correspondence, 1976-1977
We Always Treat Women too Well (
On est toujours
trop bon avec les femmes
) [Sally Mara]
Notebook titled "Sally Mara, Irishisms"
Reviews, 1981
Zazie in the Metro (
Zazie dans le metro
)
Correspondence with The Bodley Head, Harper and
Brothers, and The Olympia Press, 1959-1961
Notes, 1959,
undated
Reviews, 1959-1984,
undated
Miscellaneous French texts by Queneau
Books by and about Queneau with notes
Bens, Jacques.
Queneau.Gallimard, 1962
Queneau, Raymond.
Exercises de Style. Gallimard, 1950
Queneau, Raymond.
Pierrot mon ami. Gallimard, 1945
"Si tu t'imagines un soir avec Raymond Queneau" program
Booklet "Latis Raymond Queneau vu du havre"
Miscellaneous writings about Queneau, 1949-1987,
undated
Obituaries for Queneau, 1976-1977,
undated
Miscellaneous materials related to Thomas Evans and
Queneau, 2002-2003,
undated
Clippings about Queneau, 1954-2003,
undated
Miscellaneous materials related to Queneau, including correspondence, 1954-1982,
undated
Queval, Jean
"Cricket"
(
Le Cricket )
French text in pamphlet titled "Jeux et Sports"
Two notebooks titled "Cricket" and "Cricket / TR / Caradec 25/2/78;"
1978,
undated
Lieux-dits French text, 1963
"Le sport et les athlètes"
French text in pamphlet titled "Jeux et Sports"
Notebook titled "Translation"
Quignard, Pascal
Notebook titled "Quignard"
English and French copies of an essay by Quignard, 1990,
undated
Notes
Clippings, 1990-1991
Raisman, Geoffrey
Mahut draft
Rameil, Claude
Correspondence related to Queneau, 1970-1980
Renouard, Madeleine
Correspondence with Renouard and her students, some regarding Robert
Pinget, 1985-2002
Writings by Renouard on Pinget, 1987-2001,
undated
Robbe-Grillet, Alain
Snapshots and
Towards a New Novel
reviews, 1966
Roitman, Volf
Correspondence, 1972
Notebook titled "Roitman & Pardon Monsieur"
Blue, like an Orange (
Bleue comme une
Orange
) scripts in French and English, 1969-1972
Rosheim, Paul
Correspondence with Rosheim and Kirpal Gordon
2000-2007
Rouaud, Jean
Correspondence, 1994-1997
Sarraute, Nathalie
Correspondence, 1977-1999
Box 7
Two notebooks titled "N.Y. (Sept. '89) and Sarraute" [New York,
1989, Sept., and Sarraute] and "Sarraute"
For no good reason (
Pour un oui on pour un
non
)
Letter from John Calder, 1982
Two notebooks titled "Pour un oui..." and "Pour un oui... 9-10-80 (notes),"
1980,
undated
English script translated by Kate Mortley
Ici, two notebooks titled "Ici" and
"N.S. Ici"
The Use of Speech (
L'usage de la parole
) related notes
You Don't Love Yourself (
Tu ne t'aimes
pas
), notebook titled "Tu ne t'aimes pas"
Reviews and articles on Sarraute, includes some correspondence with reviewers,
1967-1994
Programs for plays by Sarraute, 1987-1993
"On Translating Nathalie Sarraute"
essay by
Wright, 1984
Interview by Wright with Sarraute
Magazine Littéraire issue on Sarraute
Sauser, Frédéric Louis (Blaise Cendrars)
Four notebooks titled "Blaise Cendrars;"
"Cendrars;"
"Cendrars, Levesque / La Main coupée, Lice / Oeuvres Complètes, vol II, La fin du
monde;" and "Cendrars, Parrot / L'or, Rhum, Moravagine, du m.
entier"
Scot, Pat
Correspondence, 2001-2002
Scott, Clive of the University of East Anglia
Correspondence, 1991-1992
Serreau, Coline
Correspondence with Serreau and Tom Erhardt, 1994-1995
Lapin Lapin
Notebook titled "Lapin Lapin / Providence"
Programs, 1994-1997
Reviews and articles on Serreau, 1994-1996,
undated
Shatuck, Roger
Correspondence, 1959
Siegel, Liliane
In the Shadow of Sartre reviews, 1990
Simon, Claude
Notebook titled "Cl. Simon" [Claude Simon]
"Fiction Word by Word"
(
"La Fiction Mot
a Mot"
)
French text with notes
Notes, 1984
Interview with Simon by Ludovic Janvier, French text and
notes, 1984
Smith, Stevie
Clippings on Smith, 1982-1989
Themerson, Stefan
See also:
Notebook
titled Pinget / Caradec [Robert Pinget / François Caradec]
; includes
English text of
"The Geometry of Satire"
by Stefan Themerson
"The Aim of Aims"
English text
Croquis dans les ténèbres
Two notebooks titled "Croquis dans les ténèbres I" and "Croquis dans les ténèbres II"
French text, 1944
English drafts by Wright
Notes
Related correspondence, 1989
Mr. Rouse Builds His House reviews, 1950
"On Nonsense & on Logic-Fiction"
essay
"Will the Discovery of a d Lead us to Ethicophysics?"
uncorrected
proof and related letter, 1959
"On Stefan Themerson" by Nicholas Wadley and
related correspondence, 1989
Articles on Themerson and his work by Wright and others,
1989-2005,
undated
Miscellaneous, 1981-1989,
undated
Topor, Roland
"Fatidik et Opera"
text in French, 1976
Leonardo was Right list of characters, 1977
Tournier, Michel
See also:
Notebook titled Fr. Tristan, Wm. Morrow / Jean Vautrin N.D. / 4-11-87 AMI: Choses / Tournier Angus /
5-7-90 Genet / B'beck: Research Students 21-3-89 / Croquis 24-3-89 TR Book
Correspondence with Tournier and Doubleday, 1981-1996; notes on Tournier's
works
Correspondence with Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint-Louis, 1991-1993
Three Notebooks titled "Tournier, 1. Hammamet, 2. M. Duras, 3. Mes
Allemagnes" [Tournier, 1.
A Garden at
Hammamet
, 2.
"Faces of Marguerite Duras"
(
"Las Visages de Marguerite Duras"
), 3.
"My
Germanies"
(
"Mes Allemagnes"
) ]; "Tournier (TLS) June-Aug 1978" [Tournier (Times Literary
Supplement), 1978, June-Aug. ];
and "Tournier: April 1983 "
"Arno-Rafaël Minkkinen or the Hieroglyphic Body"
(
"Arno-Rafaël Minkkinen ou le corps hiéroglyphique"
)
Texts in French and English
Correspondence, 1994
"Aventures Africaines"
Related correspondence with Begedis, 1988-1992
Related correspondence with The European Gay Review, 1987-1988
French text
"Azzedine Alaia or le pli sublime: Towards a Philosophy of Fashion"
(
"Azzedine Alaia ou le pli sublime: Essai d'une philosophie de la
mode"
)
Related correspondence with Architectural Digest, 1997
French text, 1997
English text translated by Wright, 1997
Lucien Clergue introduction
"Culture and Cuisine: Dialogue between the Bland and the Spicy"
Related correspondence with World Media, 1996
English text translated by Wright with notes
"Fable"
for TBWA, related correspondence, 1985
The Fetishist programs, 1983-1984,
undated
The Golden Droplet (
La Goutte d'or ),
notebook titled
"La Goutte d'or"
"Reminiscences of a Republic Day in New Delhi"
(
"Souvenir d’un Republic Day à New Delhi"
)
French text, English text translated by Wright
Related correspondence with Departures, 1986
"The Tree Test"
(
"Le test de l'arbre"
)
text in French and English and related correspondence with
Related correspondence with Jill Fairchild, 1987-1989,
undated
French text, English text translated by Wright, 1987
Clippings, 1988-1991
Miscellaneous
"Vices and Virtues"
interview
Texts in French and English of several "Vices and Virtues"
interviews
Correspondence, 1994,
undated
Correspondence with Julian Barnes,
1987
Clippings and correspondence with clipping authors, 1970-1996,
undated
Tzara, Tristan
Sept manifestes Dada lampisteries book
Notes
Notebook titled "Manifestes / Tzara" [
Seven
Dada Manifestos And Lampisteries
(
Sept manifestes Dada
lampisteries
) ]
Velguth, Madeleine
Correspondence with Velguth and James Mileham, 1994-2002
Notes
Materials from conference in Thionville on Queneau, 1992,
undated
Venard, Renata
Correspondence, 2000-2001
Wright, Barbara of Trinity College in Dublin,
Ireland
Correspondence, 2002-2006
Wright, Victoria
Correspondence, 1996-2003
Yegen, Zekiye
Correspondence, 1992-2007
Box 8
Various Individuals
Correspondence, 1936-2008,
undated
Series:
Organizations and publications
Arranged alphabetically by name of organization or publication
Includes correspondence, book reviews by Wright, notebooks, and other materials related to each organization or publication
Alison and Busby
Correspondence, 1986
Arts Review
Correspondence with artists regarding Wright's reviews in
Arts Review, 1945-1982
Reviews in
Arts Review by Wright, 1959-1960
Atheneum
Correspondence with Atheneum and Houghton Mifflin,
1968-1985
Athlone
Correspondence, 1987
Catalog
Bantam Press
Correspondence, 1993
Blank contracts, 1993
Barrie & Rockliff
Correspondence, 1968-1969
Blackwell Companion to 20th Century Theatre
Correspondence, 1988-1993
Entries by Wright on Robert Pinget and Nathalie Sarraute,
1988
Bloomsbury
Correspondence, 1999-2001
With John Fell, 1999-2000
With Bill Swainson and Rosemary Davidson, 2000-2001
With Aude Yung, 1999
Book reviews by Wright for Bloomsbury, 1999-2000
Bodley Head
Correspondence with Guido Waldman, 1961-1985
Book reviews by Wright for Bodley Head, 1961-1965,
undated
Clipping on Bodley Head, 1988
Braziller, George, Inc.
Correspondence with Caroline Baumann, George Braziller, Keith
Goldsmith,
Deirdre Mullane, Beatrice Rehl, and Mary Taveras
1983-2000
Calder, John (Publishers)
Calder Educational Trust
Correspondence with trustees and as director, 1989-1992
Reports, meeting minutes, and other administrative documents, 1980-1996
Legal pamphlets on companies and charities
Clippings, 1980-1985
Correspondence with various people at John Calder
(Publishers) and Calder and Boyars, 1960-1999
Book reviews by Wright for Calder, 1963-1976,
undated
Notes on books for Calder, 1975-1976,
undated
Clippings on Calder, 1969-1998
Chatto and Windus
Correspondence, 1978-1992
Critique
Correspondence related to writing on Sarraute, 1997-2002
Dalkey Archive Press
Correspondence with Dalkey Archive Press, 1988-2006
Correspondence with The Center for Book Culture and Dalkey Archive Press, 2001-2004
"Letter from Frankfurt" clipping, 2002, Oct. 11
De Harmonie
Correspondence, 1980
Gaberbocchus Press catalog
(3 copies)
Andre Deutsch
Correspondence with Andre Deutsch and E. P. Dutton
publishers, 1969-1971
Doubleday
Correspondence, 1977-1992
(2 folders)
Faber & Faber
Correspondence, 1988-1996
Book reviews by Wright for Faber & Faber, 1976-1998
Flammarion
Correspondence with Koukla Bonnier and others, 1984-1985
Flohic Editions
Correspondence with Catherine Flohic and others, 1990-1998
Clippings on Flohic Editions and art, 1990-1991
The French Embassy
Correspondence, 1984-2002
Clippings, 1992
Gaberbocchus press
Correspondence, 1951-2001
Printed matter, including catalogs and flyers, 1956-1970,
undated
Clippings, 1953-1993
Gallimard
Correspondence with Ania Chevallier, 1983
The Guardian
Correspondence and book review, 1980
Harvill
Correspondence with Guido Waldman, Christopher MacLehose,
Carol O'Brien, and others, 1979-2008
(2 folders)
Notebook titled "Harvill, DETRE2, L'Herbe à Brûler, 3-3-84, 18-3-84;"
1984, Mar.
Book reviews by Wright for Harvill
1982-2002
Jonathan Cape
Correspondence with Noël Arnaud, Isabel Ross,
Nathanial Tarn, and others at Jonathan Cape publishers,
1967-1975
Box 9
The Literary Review
Correspondence with Anne Smith and others, 1979-1982
Clippings, 1979-1981,
undated
Brochures, 1979
Writings by François Caradec in French and English, 1979-1980
Material about dismissal of editor Anne Smith
Correspondence, 1981
Clippings, 1981
Little Brown and Company New York Graphic Society Books
Correspondence and translation of introduction by Michel Tournier to
Lucien Clergue,
1984-1985
French text of introduction
The London Review of Books
Correspondence, 1980-1981
Book reviews translated by Wright, 1980-1981,
undated
Lord John Press
Correspondence with Lord John Press and other publishers, 1984-1990
Macdonald and Co.
Correspondence, 1968-1971
Book reviews by Wright, 1968-1970
Methuen
Correspondence, 1965-1991
Clippings, 1980-1987
Two notebooks
titled "Methuen 24-7-84" and "4-8-84, Ordinateur,
(Delivered: 12-8), Methuen Grown-Up: Hubert Monteilhet, 17-9-84, 26-9-84,"
1984
Book reviews by Wright on French and Italian children's books, 1969-1984
New Directions
Correspondence, 1960-2009
(5 folders)
New York Review Books
Correspondence related to reissue of some of Queneau's works, 2001-2003
Catalog, 2003
Nord-Sud
Correspondence, 2000-2002
Obscure Publications
Paragraph on surrealism by Pierre Albert-Birot, 1958
Essay by David A. Bowman, 1987
Blurbs about Wright's
translations of Queneau, 2000
Penguin
Correspondence related to Queneau's
Zazie in the
Metro
and other matters, 1965-2004
Polity Press
Correspondence, 1987-1998
Red Dust
Correspondence, 1974-2002
(9 folders)
Review of Contemporary Fiction
Correspondence, 1981-1987
(3 folders)
Catalogs from Dalkey Archive Press, 1985-1988
Royal Shakespeare Company
Correspondence with Colin Chambers, 1987-1996
Clippings, 1987-1988
Secker and Warburg
Correspondence, 1985-1989
St. James Press
Correspondence with St. James Press and other publishers, including
Continuum, Blackwell, and Gale, 1983-1999
The Times
Correspondence, 1987-2002
Times Literary Supplement
Correspondence, 1964-2007
Box 10
Notebook titled "M. Crosland 11-10-76 to 18-11-76,"
1976
Reviews and articles by Wright, 1965-1997
Twentieth Century Magazine
Correspondence, 1969-1970
Ubu Repertory Theater
Correspondence with Catherine
Temerson, Françoise Kourilsky, and Nicholas Kepros,
1983-1996
Flyers and publicity materials, 1983-1988,
undated
Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Correspondence, 1969-1973