Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Smith, Sandra
- Abstract:
- The Smith, Sandra mss., 2004-2015, consist of translator's proofs, manuscripts, and clippings relating to Smith's translations from French to English.
- Extent:
- 1 folio (oversize) and 2 Boxes
- Language:
- French , English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Smith, Sandra mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Sandra Smith is a Professor of French at New York University and a French-to-English translator. A member of the PEN Translation Committee and ALTA, Smith's translations include works by Irene Nemirovsky, Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Guy de Maupassant, and Albert Camus, as a biography of Jacques Schiffrin. Her translation of Nemirovsky's Suite Francaise earned her the French-American-Florence Gould Foundation Translation Prize.
- Scope and Content:
The collection consists of printing proofs, press clippings, manuscripts, and other material related to Sandra's translations of French works into English, with an emphasis on her translations of the works of Irène Némirovsky, Albert Camus, and Guy de Maupassant. It also includes materials pertaining to Sandra's work with Irène Némirovsky's daughter Denise Epstein to promote her translation of Némirovsky's "Suite Française."
- Acquisition information:
- Gift: 2015
- Processing information:
Processed by Sarah Petras, under the supervision of Kyra Triebold. Completed in 2022.
- Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into the following series: I. Press Clippings and Book Reviews, II. Personal Correspondance (2006-2015), III. Events & Award Ceremonies (2006-2015), IV. French Theater Journals (1967-2003), and V. Printer's Proofs.
- Physical location:
- ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility); ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility) - OVFlat
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
Many collections are housed offsite; retrieval requires advance notice. Please make an appointment a minimum of one week in advance of your visit.
- 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], Smith, Sandra 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