Collection ID: LMC 2663
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Summary

Creator:
Cotter, Sean, 1971- and Manea, Norman
Abstract:
The Cotter mss., 2002-2003, consists of drafts and documentation for an interview with the Romanian writer Norman Manea by translator Sean Cotter.
Extent:
1 Folder
Language:
Materials are in English ; Romanian .
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Sean Cotter, 1971- , translator and professor.

Norman Manea, 1936- , Romanian writer.

Scope and Content:

The interview in this collection is concerned with the subject of translation and exile. It was published in Romanian in Observator Cultural and in English (translated by Cotter) in Conjunctions. The interview has also been translated into Italian (by Marco Cugno, La quinta impossibilità [il Saggiatore, 2006]) and transformed into Manea's essay "Nomadic Language," published in The Writer Uprooted (Indiana UP, 2008).

Also included in this collection are: Manea's response to Cotter's proposal for the interview, with the postmarked envelope; a copy of Cotter's questions; Manea's cover letter for his responses; his responses, in two parts, with Cotter's notes; the first two drafts; Manea's cover letter for his revision of the translation; the draft with Manea's revisions and Cotter's notes from their phone call discussing the translation; the last two drafts; and a holiday card acknowledging receipt of Goldsmith Market.

Acquisition information:
Gift: 2009
Arrangement:

This collection is arranged following original order.

Physical location:
Lilly - Short

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PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], Cotter 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@indiana.edu