Collection ID: LMC 2881
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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:

This collection is open for research.

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TERMS OF ACCESS:

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:

[Item], Smith, Sandra 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