Manea mss., 1980-2014

Papers of Norman Manea, 1980-2014, at the Lilly Library, Indiana University

Finding aid created by Alyssa Mertka

Creator: Manea, Norman.
Title: Manea mss.
Collection No.: LMC 2628
Dates: 1980-2014
Quantity:

Quantity: 24 Boxes

Abstract: The Manea mss., 1980-2014, consists of the papers of acclaimed Romanian author Norman Manea, 1936- .
Location: ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility)
Language: Materials are in English , Romanian , and German . A few materials are also in French and Italian .
Repository: Lilly Library
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500
Business Number: 812-855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu
URL: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library

Biographical Note

Norman Manea is a Romanian-American writer and public intellectual living in New York City. Born July 19, 1936 in the Bukovina province of Romania, he was deported as a child by the Romanian fascist government allied with Nazi Germany to a concentration camp in Transnistria. He returned to Romania a Holocaust survivor together with the survived members of his family. From his debut in 1966 until 1986 when he left Romania he published 10 volumes. After 1986, in the United States, he continued to write in Romanian and his works were translated into 30 languages and earned several prizes. His writing includes novels, essays and short prose and discuss individual destiny in extreme situations, such as the Holocaust, communist dictatorships, and exile. Since 1989 he has been a Professor of European Studies and Culture and Writer in Residence at Bard College, NY. IN 2017 he retired from teaching and became Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Writer in Residence at Bard College. Manea was awarded, among others, the Guggenheim Fellowship (1992), the MacArthur Fellowship (1993), the New York Public Library "Literary Lion Medal" (1993), the National Jewish Book Award (1993), the Nonino International Prize for "Opera Omnia" (2002), Prix Medicis Etranger (2006), Comandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2010), Nelly Sachs Prize (2011), Fellow of Royal Society of Literature (2011), the National Prize for Literature (Romanian Writers Union, 2012), the Star of Romania in the rank of Grand Officer (2012), and the FIL Guadalajara Great Literary Prize for Literature in Romance Languages (2016). He is a member of the Akademy der Kunste Berlin and is considered one of the most important East European writers.

Scope and Content Note

The collection is comprised mainly of drafts and translations of Manea's literary works. Also included are correspondence, transcripts of interviews, diaries, and audio-visual materials.

Restrictions

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Related Materials

See the Cotter mss. and the Calinescu, Matei mss., also located at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Indexed Terms

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

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

Acquisition Information

Acquired: 2005-2015

Collection Inventory

box 1

Series:

Athens and Jerusalem
box 1
Manuscript (photocopy)

Language: In Romanian .

box 1
Newspaper clippings originally attached to manuscript

Language: In Romanian .

Series:

The Apprenticeship Years of Augustus the Fool - Volume II
box 1
Fragment: pp. 201–399

Language: In Romanian .

box 1
Bibliography

Language: In Romanian .

box 1
Communist Press Clippings

Language: In Romanian .

box 1
1980–1981
box 1
January 1982–May 1982
box 1
June 1982–December 1982
box 1
1983–1986 + date unknown
box 1
2nd Polirom Edition (original)

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 1
2nd Polirom Edition-Proofs (photocopy)

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

Series:

The Black Envelope
box 1
Manuscript with remarks and signs made by Romanian censors (original)

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 1
Manuscript with remarks and signs made by Romanian censors (photocopy)

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

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Misc. papers originally attached to the manuscript with remarks and signs made by Romanian censors

Language: In Romanian .

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Misc. papers originally attached to the manuscript with remarks and signs made by Romanian censors

Language: In Romanian .

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New York Times articles originally attached to the manuscript with remarks and signs made by Romanian censors

Language: In Romanian .

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Revised edition (photocopy) , 1993

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 1
Misc. articles attached to revised edition (photocopy) , 1993

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

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Revised edition (2nd photocopy) , 1993

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 2
Revised edition, written for translation to English at FSG in USA, (photocopy) , 1993, 1993

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 2
Draft revised ed. , 1995

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 2
Additional versions of pp. 292–297 for draft revised ed. , 1995

Language: In Romanian .

box 2
Version of draft revised edition sent to translator (photocopy) , 1995

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 2
Additional version of pp. 292–297 from draft revised edition sent to translator (photocopy) , 1995

Language: In Romanian .

box 2
Longer version

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Language: In English .

box 2

Series:

The Book of the Sun

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Scope and Contents: In German.

Series:

Casa Minima (short stories)
box 2
Manuscript, notes, & articles

Language: In Romanian .

Series:

Compulsory Happiness
box 2
Corrections

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In English .

box 2
Galleys , 1993

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In English .

box 3
Master galleys , 1993

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In English .

box 3
Author's copy, 1st ed. , 1993

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In English .

box 3
(photocopy) , 1993

Physical Description: (4 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

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The Interrogation
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The Trench Coat
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Window on the Working Class
box 3
Composite Biography
box 3
(2nd photocopy) , 1993

Physical Description: (4 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 3
The Interrogation
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Composite Biography
box 3
The Trench Coat
box 3
Window on the Working Class
box 3
(Photocopy)

Physical Description: (6 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 3
List of other works by Manea, press quotes, etc.
box 3
The Interrogation
box 3
The Trench Coat
box 3
Composite Biography
box 3
Window on the Working Class
box 3
The Interrogation (different version)
box 3
Corrections (photocopy) , 1998

Physical Description: (6 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 3
List of other works by Manea, press quotes, etc.
box 3
The Interrogation
box 3
Composite Biography
box 3
The Trench Coat
box 3
Window on the Working Class
box 3
The Interrogation (different version)
box 3
Corrections (I) to Silviu Lupescu , 2005

Language: In Romanian .

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Corrections (I), author's comments to Mihaela Morosanu , 2005

Language: In Romanian .

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Corrections (I) galleys , 2005

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

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Letter to N. Manea from Mihaela Morosanu attached to Corrections (I) galleys , 2005

Language: In Romanian .

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Corrections (II), author's comments to Mihaela Morosanu and letter from Morosanu to Manea , 2005

Language: In Romanian .

box 3
Corrections (II) galleys , 2005

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

Series:

The Death Treat (Impostor)
box 3
Version 1 , 6 Feb 2005

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 3
Version 1.2 , 7 Feb 2005

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

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Version 2 , 4 Apr 2005

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

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Version 3 , 13 Apr 2005

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 4
Version 4 , 23 May 2005

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 4
Version 5 , 7 June 2005

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

Series:

Dialogue Across the Ocean
box 4
1st set of interviews with Marta Petreu. , 1998

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 4
2nd set of interviews with Marta Petreu. , 1998

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 4
3rd set of interviews with Marta Petreu. , 1998

Language: In Romanian .

box 4
4th set of interviews with Marta Petreu. , 1998

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

Series:

The Eastern Messenger
box 4
Questions from Edward Kanterian - corrected

Language: In Romanian .

box 4
Questions 1–17 with handwritten answers

Language: In Romanian .

box 4
All questions with notes

Language: In Romanian .

box 4
Question 1–16 answers with corrections and added notes

Language: In Romanian .

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Questions 1–22, answered and with comments; questions 23–28 unanswered

Language: In Romanian .

box 4
Question 18 answer and corrected

Language: In Romanian .

box 4
Questions 17–28 corrected

Language: In Romanian .

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Portion of interview published in "Lettre International"

Language: In Romanian .

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Long Version published in German with comments

Language: In German .

box 4
Related newspaper articles: , Oct 1998–Dec 1998

Language: In German and English

Series:

The 82 Drawer
box 4
Interview with Leon Volvocici (orginally titled "Confessions of a Hooligan"); 1st Draft (Photocopy) , 1982– 1983

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 4
2nd Draft , 1998

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 4
Transcript , 1999

Language: In Romanian .

box 4
Edited transcript

Language: In Romanian .

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Edited manuscript , July 2005

Language: In Romanian .

Series:

Envelopes and Portraits
box 4
Correspondence between N. Manea and Silviu Lupescu, table of contents, and contract , 2002

Language: In Romanian .

box 4
Preliminary notes

Language: In Romanian .

box 4
"Michael's Cat"

Language: In Romanian .

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"Schlemiel's Father"

Language: In Romanian .

box 4
Remaining manuscripts

Language: In Romanian .

box 4
Notes

Language: In Romanian .

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Press articles

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 5
1984-2001
box 5
2002-2004
box 5
Letters and misc. attached to above Envelopes and Portraits folders

Language: In Romanian .

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Edited draft

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 5
Additional manuscripts ("World in Two Days" and "With Left Hand, With Right Hand") attached to edited draft

Language: In Romanian .

box 5
Corrections , 18 Aug 2004

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 5
Corrections II galleys

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

Series:

The Holocaust in Romanian Literature
box 5
Manuscript (typescript)

Language: In Romanian .

box 5
Reprinted in Familia , (photocopy) , Apr 2005

Language: In Romanian .

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"Post script after 20 years" reprinted in Familia , (photocopy) , May 2005

Language: In Romanian .

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"Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness" by Rebekah Nelson, attached to "Post script after 20 years" , Dec 2004

Language: In English .

Series:

The Hooligan's Return
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Notes and articles
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Letters and notes attached to letters
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Articles, extracts from books
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Newspaper articles

Physical Description: (2 folders)

box 5
1982-1998
box 5
1999-2001
box 5
Partial manuscript, pp. 161–178 + table of contents

Language: In Romanian .

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Handwritten manuscript and notes

Physical Description: (4 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 6
Draft I, corrected , 1997/98, 20 Feb 1999

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

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Draft II , 27 Feb 1999

Physical Description: (4 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

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Folder 4: additional pp. 301–45
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Draft III

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

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Additional "Return of the Hooligan" from Draft III

Language: In Romanian .

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Additional "Chernobyl" from Draft III

Language: In Romanian .

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Additional "Romania Visit" from Draft III

Language: In Romanian .

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Diskette , 16 July 2002

Language: In Romanian .

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revisions (pp. 1–137) , March 2003

Language: In Romanian .

box 6
Romanian Edition Final , 2003

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

box 6
Correspondence between Manea and Sivliu Lupescu from Romanian Edition Final , 2003

Language: In Romanian .

box 6
Romanian Edition Final , 2003

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

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"The Preliminaries" galleys (2 copies of cover page, title page, etc and pp. 1–16 and pp. 1–27) attached to Romanian Edition Final , 2003

Language: In Romanian .

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Misc. attached to Romanian Edition Final , 2003

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

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Translation to English before writing , July 2002

Physical Description: (4 folders)

Language: In English .

box 7
Tess and me draft (improving translation) , 2002

Physical Description: (4 folders)

Language: In English .

box 7
1st Final Draft (corrections and changes) , 2002

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Language: In English .

box 7
2nd Final (Penultimate) Draft , 2002

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In English .

box 7
Editing by Manea

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Language: In English .

box 7
3rd Editing , 2003

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Language: In English .

box 7
Correspondence and misc. from 3rd Editing , 2003

Language: In English .

box 8
4th Editing (photocopy)

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Language: In English .

box 8
5th Editing

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Language: In English .

box 8
Setting manuscript

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Language: In English .

box 8
Author's proof , 2003

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Language: In English .

box 8
2nd Pass pages, author's corrections , 20 May 2003

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Language: In English .

box 8
Master 1st Pass - rough pages

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In English .

box 9
Master 2nd Pass

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In English .

box 9
Dead matter with Master 2nd Pass

Language: In English .

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Master 3rd Pass

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In English .

box 9
Master Sample Pages (photocopy)

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In English .

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Revised pages (pp. 41-113, 130, 140-169, 181, 227-252, 265-266, 277-279, 317, 337, 375, 381, 383, 385) with Master Sample Pages (photocopy with editing)

Language: In English .

box 9
Revised pages (pp. 18, 41, 74, 127, 140-141, 151, 157, 236, 161, 262, 265, 268, 271, 352, 355, 376, 383) with Master Sample Pages (photocopy with editing)

Language: In English .

box 9
Revised pages (pp. 71-72, 83, 142- 143, 154, 228) with Master Sample Pages (photocopy with editing)

Language: In English .

Series:

October, 8 O'clock
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Manuscript + photocopy , 1995

Language: In Romanian .

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Manuscript , 1995

Language: In Romanian .

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Photocopy , 1995

Language: In Romanian .

Series:

On Clowns
box 9
"Romania in Three Phases" + author's notes

Language: In Romanian .

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"Romania in Three Phases" + author's notes (photocopy)

Language: In Romanian .

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"Romania in Three Phases"

Language: In French .

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"Dictator and the Artist" manuscript

Language: In Romanian .

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"Notes on a Text by Fellini" , summer 1989

Language: In Romanian .

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"Notes on a Text by Fellini" and newspaper clippings
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"Notes on a Text by Fellini"

Language: In English .

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"Happy Guilt" , October 1990

Language: In Romanian .

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"Happy Guilt" from The New Republic (photocopy) , 5 Aug 1991
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"Happy Guilt", 1st ROM editing, after , Aug 1991

Language: In Romanian .

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"Happy Guilt", 2nd ROM editing

Language: In Romanian .

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"Happy Guilt", 2nd ROM editing (photocopy)

Language: In Romanian .

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"History of an Interview" , January 1991

Language: In Romanian .

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"History of an Interview" (II) , January 1991

Language: In Romanian .

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"History of an Interview" (II) (photocopy) , January 1991

Language: In Romanian .

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"History of an Interview" , January–May 1991

Language: In Romanian .

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"Foreignness and Assimilation" [later renamed "On Foreignness"]

Language: In Romanian .

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"On Foreignness" , December 1991
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"On Foreignness" , [exact date unknown, but between Dec. 1991 and April 1992 versions]

Language: In Romanian .

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"On Foreignness" , April 1992

Language: In Romanian .

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"On Foreignness" as appeared in Partisan Review , (photocopy with editing) , Oct 1992

Language: In English .

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"An Emblem of Our Time" , 1992

Language: In English .

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Post script

Language: In Romanian .

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Censor's report, with explanatory note from the censored author

Language: In Romanian .

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Newspaper clippings , 1990-1995

Language: In Romanian .

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Subseries:

The Dictator and the Artist
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Complete manuscript , 1995

Language: In Romanian .

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Complete manuscript (photocopy) , 1995

Language: In Romanian .

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Polirom Edition; corrected proofs , 2005

Language: In Romanian .

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Corrected postscript

Language: In Romanian .

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Comments on the corrections to the Polirom Edition , 2005

Language: In Romanian .

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Praise for the Polirom Edition to appear on the cover , 2005

Language: In Romanian .

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2nd Proofs with comments

Language: In Romanian .

Series:

Parallels which Merge - on Philip Roth and the Holocaust
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Manuscript

Language: In Romanian .

Series:

Romania Since 1989
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Correspondence and files attached to correspondence
box 10
Research articles
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"Foreword", 1st draft , Feb 2000

Language: In Romanian .

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"Foreword", 2nd draft , Feb 2000

Language: In Romanian .

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"Foreword", 3rd draft , Feb 2000

Language: In Romanian .

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"Foreword", 4th draft , Apr 2000

Language: In English .

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"Foreword", 5th draft , Apr 2000

Language: In English .

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"Foreword" , 2 June 2000

Language: In English .

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"Foreword", Manea changes , 3 June 2000

Language: In English .

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"Foreword", 6th draft (photocopy) , 10 June 2000

Language: In English .

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"Foreword", with 10 June 2000 changes inserted , 15 June 2000

Language: In English .

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"Foreword", galleys , 12 March 2003
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"Foreword", galleys [top halves]

Series:

Snail's House
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Correspondence
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Letter from Philip Roth to N. Manea and copy of "Happy Guilt"
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Book covers
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Tables of Content

Language: In Romanian .

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"Argument"

Language: In Romanian .

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Laughter of Duplicity, Laugher of Hope (I)
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Laughter of Duplicity, Laugher of Hope (II)
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Laughter of Duplicity, Laugher of Hope (III) (photocopy)
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Newspaper clippings , 1980–1997

Series:

Training for Paradise
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April 2007

Physical Description: (2 folders)

Language: In German .

box 10
New York Times article that came with manuscript

Language: In English .

Series:

Two Birds
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Manuscript with corrections, notes, and articles incorporated into the text

Language: In Romanian .

Series:

Saul Bellow Archive
box 10
1st Transcript of Interview with Saul Bellow , Dec 1999

Language: In English .

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Interview with Bellow, Long Version

Language: In English .

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Interview with Bellow, Corrected Long Version (Photocopy)

Language: In English .

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Interview with Bellow, Short Version

Language: In English .

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Interview with Bellow, edited corrections

Language: In English .

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Interview with Bellow, German version

Language: In German .

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"The Urgency of the Vocative"

Language: In Romanian .

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"Saul Bellow between Humboldt and Herzog" with students' papers, in Familia , 10 Oct 2002

Language: In Romanian and English

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"Saul Bellow between Humboldt and Herzog" in Familia , 10 Oct 2002

Language: In Romanian .

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Die Welt article by Manea about Bellow

Language: In German .

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Lettre International with Bellow interview
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Salmagundi with Bellow article by Manea

Language: In English .

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"Hommage to Saul Bellow" and Interview with Bellow (fragment)

Language: In English .

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"Hommage to Saul Bellow" and program of the Jewish Cultural Archievement Awards Ceremony , 1998

Language: In English .

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"Hommage to Saul Bellow" with Corrections
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"Hommage to Saul Bellow" with corrections
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Handwritten note about Manea's meeting Bellow for the 1st time

Language: In Romanian .

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[untitled]-about Manea's 1st meeting with Bellow , 14 June 2000

Language: In Romanian .

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Notes on Bellow's 85th birthday , 9 June 2000

Language: In Romanian .

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Notes on coversation with Gabriela Adamesteanu, June [year unknown]

Language: In Romanian .

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Humbolt's Gift titlepage, signed by Bellow (photocopy)
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Humbolt's Gift pages 300-301 with Notes
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Correspondance re: Bellow's visit to Bard College and interview with Manea , 1999-2000

Language: In English .

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Short papers from students in Manea's Contempary Masters Class, Bard College , Fall 2000
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Long papers from students in Manea's Contempary Masters Class, Bard College , Fall 2000
box 11
Discussion questions from Contepary Masters Class, Bard College , Fall 2000
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Notes on Angie March for Contempary Masters Class, Bard College , Fall 2000
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Notes on Henderson for Contempary Masters Class, Bard College , Fall 2000
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Notes on Herzog for Contempary Masters Class, Bard College , Fall 2000
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Notes on Humbolt's Gift for Contempary Masters Class, Bard College , Fall 2000
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Notes on Sammler for Contempary Masters Class, Bard College , Fall 2000
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Hall - "Portrait of the Artist as a self–creating, self–vindicating, High Energy Man: Saul Bellow" (photocopy with highlighs)
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"The Hero's Flight from Women in the Novels of Saul Bellow"
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"Conversation between Bello and Philip Roth" (fragment) sent to Manea in , 2000
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"Re–reading Saul Bellow" , 2000
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"Give All", New Republic , 2000
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"Give All", New Republic (photocopy) , 2000
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"3 Penny Review" , 2001
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"Finding Augie March" (photocopy with highlights) , 2003
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Misc. articles about Bellow , 1994– 2002

Language: In English .

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Misc. articles about Bellow , 1999– 2002

Language: In Romanian .

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Bellow on Saul Steinburg

Series:

Saul Steinburg Archive
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Memorial Saul Steinburg
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APOSTROF–in memorial of Saul Steinburg , 1999

Language: In Romanian .

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Saul Steinburg Memorial photos
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"Made in Romania", with photos , 2000
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Articles about Saul Steinburg

Language: In English and Italian .

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Romanian articles about Saul Steinburg

Language: In Romanian .

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"The Writer Who Draws and Dreams" , 2005

Language: In Italian .

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"Made in Romania" Riga 24

Language: In Italian .

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Letters and drawings to Manea (photocopies)
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Drawings by Steinburg, organized by Manea
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Letters from parents

Language: In Romanian .

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Letters from Lica (Steinburg's sister)

Language: In Romanian .

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Letters from Stephanie (Steinburg's niece) and photos

Language: In English .

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Letters from extended family
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Correspondance from Eugene Ionesco et al , 1972-1992
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Bank information and correspondance re: finances
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Misc. correspondance
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Lica Roman's (nee Steinburg) Journal , 1957

Physical Description: (3 folders)

Language: In Romanian .

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Lica Roman's manuscript , 1957

Language: In Romanian .

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Author's proofs of Lica Roman's Journal

Language: In English .

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Saul Steinburg's family tree
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Saul Steinburg's drawings
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Photos
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Postcards from Bucharest
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Roza Steinburg's (mother) passport, Monitz Steinburg's (father) work and other documents, & photos of documents
box 11
Misc. papers

Series:

CNSAS [National Committee for the Study of the Securităte Archives]
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Letters and supporting documents between Manea and the CNSAS , 2002–2004
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File #2891: Manea's repatriation from Transdniester Securităte reports from (photocopies) , 1971-1974
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File #2890: , Securităte reports on Manea, Manea's contact with foreigners reports, copies of Manea's letters, etc. , 1973-1974, 1981-1988

Series:

Journals
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1956-1957

Language: In Romanian .

box 12
1967-1968

Language: In Romanian .

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1966, 1973-1975

Language: In Romanian .

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1975-1983

Language: In Romanian .

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1980-1983

Language: In Romanian .

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1983-1986

Language: In Romanian .

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Berlin I , 1987

Language: In Romanian .

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Berlin II , 1987-1988

Language: In Romanian .

Series:

DVDs
box 12
Jerusalem Book Fair; the Book of the Century , 20 June 1999, 22 June 1999
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Encento Vuelta, Mexico City, interview with N. Manea , 1999
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Conference: The Experience of Liberty, Mexico City–Vuelta , 1999
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Bard College Open Class: Philip Roth (American Pastural) , 3 Nov 1999
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Interview of Saul Bellow by Norman Manea; Words and Images , Dec 1999
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Nomino Litaryantenat Prize, Italy , 2002
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Lipzig Bookfair and TV Transmission , 26 Mar 2004

Series:

Photos
box 12
Photos of Saul Bellow and Manea , Nov 1999
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Photos , Dec 1999
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Photos of Manea, Bellow, et al , June 2000
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Photos re: Bellow, Vermont , 2000
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Saul Bellow Photos , 2002

Series:

General Files
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Correspondance from Bard College and documents re: visa and employment , 1988-1991
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Manea's statement and letters of support for permanent residency in the United States , May–June 1991
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Additional copies of documents and correspondace , May 1991
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Manea's application form I–140 (Green card) , Aug 1991– Jan 1992
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Bard College Lawyers' Exhibits for Green Card application
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Misc. Correspondence: [from books] , 1993–2005
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Misc. Newspaper Clippings and Xeroxs: [from books] , 1964–2000
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Correspondence and Articles re: Josef Rosen
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Misc. Correspondence
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Radio Free Europe: Retrospective Visions of Saul Steinburg with E. Mihaescu and J. Teodorescu , April 1978
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Blecher Conference , 1980
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"Am Aberd Vorgestelt" , 9 May 1983
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Black Pen , Feb 1986
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WDR , 31 Oct 1987
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"Befragung" , 19 Nov 1987
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"Befrajung" , 19 Nov 1987
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Passanger , 24 Jan 1988
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Passanger , 24 Jan 1988
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Voice of America , 7-9 July 1988
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?? , 27 Sept 1989
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Radio Free Europe-Interview with Manea , 4 May 1990
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Radio France International-Interview by A. Paplin (?) , April 1990
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Radio Free Europe–Interview of Verdery and Manea , May 1990
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Deutsche Welle , Fall 1990
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Interview in Hamburg , Oct 1991
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Radio Free Europe–American Union , 20 June 1992
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On Clowns , 1992 (?)
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Circle from Jerusalem , 25 June 1993
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Circle from Jerusalem II , 25 June 1993
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WNYC, Leanard Loparte , 30 Nov 1993
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American Pen–An Evening for Sarajevo , Nov 30, 1993
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American Pen–An Evening for Sarajevo II , Nov 30, 1993
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KOL Isreal–Florin Mugur , 7 Feb 1994
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At Queens College , 19 April 1994
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French Culture Show, etc. , 11 Sept 1994
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Poetry/Fiction Series , 15 Feb 1995
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WNYC, on Black Envelope , 6 May 1995
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Sad St. , July 1995
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DeutchlandRadio–The Black Envelope , 1 Nov 1995
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Interview with Ilan Stavaus , Dec 1995
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Deutshce Welle–Interview with Rodica Rainde(?) , 3 July 1996
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Rene Char et al , 28 June 1996
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Northwestern University , Oct 1996
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"Opening a page" , 1996
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Interview with Mirko Schwanitz , 1996
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Interview with local paper, Suceava, Romania , 30 Apr 1997
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Leon–Lettre , 7 May 1997
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Radio Cluj [Romania] , 17 Nov 1997
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Romania International , 1997
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Isreal , Jan 1998
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Museum of Jewish Diaspora , 13 June 1999
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"Books that Changed the 20th Century" II , 22 Jun 1999
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Jerusalem Cultural Circle , Nov 1998
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Night Waves: Philip Roth Interview , 13 Oct 1998
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Skidmore College & Salmagundi , 26 July 1998
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Conjunctions , April 1998
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"Evening with Norman Manea" , 21 June 1999
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KOL Isreal Interview , 23 June 1999 (?)
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KOL Isreal Interview–"Odeal Peled" , 7 March 1998
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Radio Free Europe (Prague)–Interview with Mircea Iorgulescu , 24 July 1999
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"Writers at the Microphone" session , 25 Sept 1999
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Contemparary Masters: Discussion with Philip Roth about "Counterlife" , 29 Sept 1999
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Contemparary Masters: Philip Roth–"Sabath's Theater" , 5 Oct 1999
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"Sabath's Theater"–discussion with Philip Roth , 6 Oct 1999
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Contemparary Masters: Philip Roth , 3 Nov 1999
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"Portnoy's Complaint" after 30 years-panel: Leon Botstein, Jonathon Brent, Ross Miller, Phyllis Rose, Robert Stone, Judith Therman , 13 Nov 1999
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Contemprary Masters: Philip Roth-I Married a Communist , 17 Nov 1999
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"Portnoy" class–discussion with Philip Roth , 1 Dec 1999
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Words and Images–interview with Saul Bellow , 22 Dec 1999
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Sawl Bellow interview, Boston , 24 Dec 1999
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Paul Barley–On Clowns , Fall 2001
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Claudia Magnis Interview , 8 Oct 2002
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Claudia Magnis Interview , 8 Oct 2002
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NPR , 16 Oct 2003
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WNYC , 16 Oct 2003
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RFI–Dinu Flamand on L. Raicu, N. Manea, & D. Ilea , 1 July 2004
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DeutschlandRadion–Buchusmasket , 25 Aug 2004
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Ismail Kadare Lecture–Bard College , 22 Nov 2004
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N. Manea at Queens College , 11 Dec 2004
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N. Manea at Queens College (II) , 11 Dec 2004
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Deutsche Welle interview with N. Manea , 4 Dec 2004
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DeutschlandRadio Kultur interview with N. Manea by Mirko Swchwanitz , 24 Oct 2005
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NPR report about razing of Romania & Visit to Transylvania [date unknown]
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Die Zeit [date unknown]
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East Europe Culture Panel [date unknown]
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Empty Theater, Amsterdam? [date unknown]
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[G mchi-radio][date unknown]
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[Lineiau Rajcu?] [date unknown]
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Romanian Literature after Ceausescu , 1999 [?]
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American Academy in Berlin, "The Fifth Impossibility" lecture by N. Manea [CD] , 23 Sept 2005
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Book of the Son

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The Lair

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The Black Envelope

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On Clowns
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The Fifth Impossibility
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The Obsession of Uncertainty
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The Black Envelope

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The Fifth Impossibility

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Captives

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CDs

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The Fifth Impossibility

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Paradise Found
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Gesprache Im Exil
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Jurizare Finalisti
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Augustus the Fool
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Atrium
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Cuneval Integral
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Vizuina Refugiu

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The Fifth Impossibility

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Romanian Writers on Writing

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Weekly notes by students
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Blasphemy and Carnival
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El Impermeable
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The Lair

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Amenintarea
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On the Contour
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The Fifth Impossibility

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The Lair

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Surse
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Plicuri si Portrete

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Envelopes and Portraits
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Comrade Anna

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Captives

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