Cotter mss., 2002-2003

Papers of Sean Cotter and Norman Manea at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Finding aid created by Kristina Krasny

Creator: Cotter, Sean, 1971-
Creator: Manea, Norman
Title: Cotter mss.
Collection No.: LMC 2663
Dates: 2002-2003
Quantity:

Quantity: 1 folder(s)

Abstract: The Cotter mss., 2002-2003, consists of drafts and documentation for an interview with the Romanian writer Norman Manea by translator Sean Cotter.
Location: Lilly - Short
Language: Materials are in English ; Romanian .
Repository: Lilly Library
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500
Business Number: 812-855-2452
liblilly@iu.edu
URL: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library

Biographical Note

Sean Cotter, 1971- , translator and professor.

Norman Manea, 1936- , Romanian writer.

Scope and Content Note

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.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged following original order.

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Related Materials

See the Manea mss., also at the Lilly Library, Indiana University

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Preferred Citation

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

Acquisition Information

Gift: 2009