October 22, 2015, Filed Under: AuthorsTexas, the state that stole the heart of literary giant Jorge Luis Borges In 2014 the Harry Ransom Center acquired the archive of Nobel Prize–winning author Gabriel García Márquez. García Márquez would surely enjoy knowing that his archive resides alongside an important collection of papers by Jorge Louis Borges.
October 22, 2015, Filed Under: AuthorsThe company we keep: Gabriel García Márquez’s literary influences Explore the Harry Ransom Center, search digital collections, or plan your visit. Gabriel García Márquez once said that he believed the main reason writers read the novels of others is to learn for themselves how the books had been written. Books were tremendously important to this Nobel laureate, and he… read more
October 21, 2015, Filed Under: AuthorsColeccionismo comprometido Cuando se busca en tiempo atrás los orígenes de las bibliotecas de investigación, damos con una larga historia de académicos dedicados a recabar colecciones de acuerdo a su interés personal, construyendo en torno suyo ateneos de libros que documentaran sus muy particulares metas de investigación. Y muchas veces, cuando dicho… read more
