Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- The Kessler mss., 1966-2018, consists primarily of manuscripts, drafts, correspondence and other material reflecting the creative life of Stephen Kessler (b. 1947), poet, translator, essayist and editor.
- Extent:
- 42 Boxes
- Language:
- Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Kessler mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Stephen Kessler (b. 1947) is a poet, translator, essayist and editor. He is the author of eight books and chapbooks of original poetry, including Burning Daylight (2009); and fourteen books of literary translation, including Desolation of the Chimera: Last Poems by Luis Cernuda (2009). His essays and articles have appeared in dozens of periodicals; since 1999 he has been the editor of The Redwood Coast Review. His translations include works by Pablo Neruda, Vicente Aleixandre, Julio Cortazar, Mahmoud Darwish, Raymond Queneau, and Ernesto Cardenal, among others. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a Lambda Literary Award for his translation of Written in Water: The Prose Poems of Luis Cernuda. His translations of Cernuda have also been recognized with the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award (2010) for Desolation of the Chimera: Last Poems by Luis Cernuda and the PEN Center USA Translation Awards (2016) for Forbidden Pleasures: New Selected Poems 1924-1949 by Luis Cernuda. His translation Save Twilight: Selected Poems by Julio Cortázar won the Northern California Book Award (2017).
- Scope and Content:
The collection consists primarily of manuscripts, drafts, correspondence and other material reflecting the creative life of Stephen Kessler (b. 1947).
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired: 2008-2009
- Arrangement:
This collection is arranged following original order.
- Physical location:
- ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility)
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
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- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Photography and digitization may be restricted for some collections. Copyright restrictions may apply. Before publishing, researchers are responsible for securing permission from all applicable rights holders, then filling out the Permission to Publish form.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Kessler mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu