Wing mss., ca.
1984-2010
Papers of Elizabeth Nelson Wing at the Lilly Library, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
Creator
Wing, Betsy.
TitleWing mss., ca.
1984-2010
Collection No.
LMC 2486
Extent
9,000 items
Language
Materials are in English, with some French.
Abstract
The Wing mss., ca. 1984-2010, consist of
materials pertaining to the literary translations of Elizabeth Nelson
Wing.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Elizabeth Nelson Wing has an MFA in Creative Writing from Louisiana State University,
and a B.A. with Honors from Bryn Mawr College. She has translated contemporary
novels, poetry and non–fiction from the French by such authors as Edouard Glissant,
Paule Constant, Assia Djebar, Lucie Aubrac, Didier Eribon, Hélène Cixous, Denis
Hollier and Georges Dumézil. She has received numerous fellowships and awards,
including translation grants from the International Center for Writing and
Translation at the University of California, Irvine; the National Endowment for the
Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Maison des Sciences de
l'Homme, Paris.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by the last name of each author.
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains primarily drafts of Elizabeth Nelson Wing's translations, as
well as occasional correspondence, publicity items, and other materials.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired: 2004-2005
Usage RestrictionsPrior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however,
patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in
advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Wing mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Series:
Box 1
Allamel
"Folk Art"
Series:
Box 1
Aubrac/Bieber
"Outwitting the Gestapo"
(6 folders)
Series:
Box 1
Cerquiglini
"In Praise of the Variant"
8 folders
Series:
Box 1
Cixous
Correspondence
Correspondence, Clement
Correspondence, Columbia
Correspondence, Dartmouth
Correspondence, Edge Productions
Correspondence, re: le jeune nee
Essays for Boundary 2
"Promethea's Book"
(5 folders)
Box 4
General
Notes
Essays and Bibliography
Article on
"Articles in French and Translation"
Series:
Box 1
Clement and Cixous
"The Newly Born Woman," Queries
Series:
Box 1
Clement
"L'opera ou la defaite des femmes" [translator's
copy]
Series:
Box 4
Comment
"Deux Secondes"
(2 folders)
Series:
Box 4
Constant
"Trading Secrets"
(2 folders)
University of Nebraska Press
(2 folders)
Correspondence
"La Fille du Gobernator"
Articles on
"White Spirit," Reviews
Gil Rye on
Reviews
"Translation/Relation"
"Montelbetti for Lyon"
(2 folders)
Series:
Box 1
Daignault
"Where Did the Subject Go?"
Series:
Djebar
Box 1
"So Vast the Prison"
(6 folders)
Box 2
"So Vast the Prison"
(9 folders)
Box 4
"Strasbourg Nights"
(3 folders)
Miscellaneous
Series:
Box 2
Glissant
"Le Sel Noir" [translator's copy]
"Black Salt"
"Black Salt," comments by Glissant
"Black Salt"
(28 folders)
Box 3
"Black Salt"/"Le Sel Noir"
(8 folders)
Glissant/O'Neill: "Les Indes"
"Le Song Rivo," Final Versions
"Poetics of Relation"
(9 folders)
"Recontres de Poesie"
"Steles"
Vocabulary, "Poets of Relation" and "Le Sel Noir"
Box 5
"The Overseer's Cabin"
(11 folders)
Glossary, Drafts, Notes
Box 6
"The Overseer's Cabin"
(16 folders)
Series:
Box 3
Hollier
"Desperanto"
"Le College de Sociologie" [Translator's Copy]
Poetry–to–Z
Series:
Box 3
Irigaray
"Sexes and Kinships"
Series:
Box 5
Lozerec'h
"Trait Pour Traits"
(5 folders)
"Grandmother"
Series:
Box 4
Montelbetti
Series:
Box 4
New York Times
"Reverie"
Series:
Box 3
Quinn and Daix
"The Private Picasso"
Series:
Box 3
Sand
"Lucrezia Fioriani," Preface and Foreword
Series:
Miscellaneous
Box 3
Miscellaneous
(5 folders)
Box 4
"L'auteur en verite"
"French Women's Movement"
Box 6
Diskettes of Wing's work
