Collection ID: LMC 2382
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Summary

Creator:
Moorhead, Andrea, 1947-
Abstract:
The Moorhead mss., 1989-2020, consist of translations from the French and correspondence of poet and translator Andrea Moorhead (b. 1947).
Extent:
4 Boxes
Language:
Materials are in English , French
Preferred citation:

[Item], Moorhead mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Andrea Moorhead is a poet and translator who primarily translates French poems into English. Her translations include Canadian French poets such as Helen Dorion and Madeleine Gagnon along with numerous other writers. Besides her active career as a translator, she is also an editor of Osiris, a literary journal about poetry and translation. She participated in various other literary and translation projects as well. La Guepard, for example, was a project translating American poetry into French, to which she contributed translations of thirteen American poets. Moorhead's translations appeared on other French literary journals such as Ellipse and 12x2 Poesie, too. Moorhead also left the great amount of correspondence she exchanged with Helene Dorion, Madeleine Gagnon, and other authors, which well shows the process of literary translation as the creative interactions between the author and the translator.

Scope and Content:

Translation includes Moorhead's translations and relevant materials sorted by the authors and journals. Correspondence consists of letters about both translation and personal matters that Moorhead exchanged with other authors and translators.

Acquisition information:
Gift: 2004-2014, 2022
Arrangement:

The collection is organized into the following series: I. Translation, II. Correspondence.

Physical location:
Lilly - Stacks

Indexed Terms

Subjects:
Literature--translating

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is open for research.

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PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], Moorhead mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
1200 East Seventh Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
(812) 855-2452
liblilly@iu.edu