Image: Jim Crace’s handwritten note on the “Archipelago” folder in his archive. When I came to the Harry Ransom Center in August 2017 to research in the Jim Crace papers, the materials I was most curious to view were those related to Crace’s unpublished novel Archipelago.
Fellowships
Viewing the twentieth century via the PEN archive
Recently I was lucky enough to spend four months digging through the PEN (Poets Essayists and Novelists Club) archive at the Harry Ransom Center.
A Glutton for Books
![Alfred A. Knopf (American, 1892–1984), Harriet de Onis and [João] Guimarães Rosa, 1966. Gelatin silver print, 12.8 x 8.8 cm. Alfred A. Knopf literary files, 6.76](https://sites.utexas.edu/ransomcentermagazine/files/2017/11/Harriet-featured.jpg)
Harriet de Onís was one of the most influential translators of Latin American literature and foresaw its mid-century boom.