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December 1, 2016, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Cataloging

Gabriel García Márquez’s republic of letters

Rapi Diego's "El sapo hechizado" (1997). Photos by Pete Smith.

I have always loved to catalog presentation copies of books—those given as a gift from one person to another, usually with a signature or inscription. They represent a tiny piece of the people involved, and allow me to feel a connection to some of my favorite authors. Gabriel García Márquez’s… read more 

December 1, 2016, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Cataloging

Gabriel García Márquez y su república de las letras

Fidel Castro's "La historia me absolvera" (1973). Photos by Pete Smith.

Una de las actividades que más disfruto es catalogar los llamados ‘libros de presentación’, los cuales son regalados por los autores, usualmente con una dedicatoria y/o un autógrafo.

January 4, 2016, Filed Under: Digital Collections

Award supports digitization of more than 24,000 images from the Gabriel García Márquez archive

An album labeled "Un viaje de Xochimilco," opened to photographs of Gabriel García Márquez with author Carlos Fuentes and others, undated. Photographs by Fabrizio Leon.

The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has granted the Harry Ransom Center a 2015 Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives award to digitize more than 24,000 pages from the Gabriel García Márquez archive.

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