May 22, 2024, Filed Under: Authors, Books + ManuscriptsJ. M. Coetzee’s Garden of Creation by HERMANN WITTENBERG Important additions to the Coetzee Papers shed light on the author’s recent writing Working in a literary archive can be a remarkable experience, like being present in a garden of creation. When reading through the early manuscript versions of novels, one can encounter a textual labyrinth of… read more
November 1, 2019, Filed Under: Authors, Cataloging, Digital Collections, Research + TeachingNew digital resources launch online for study of human rights Thousands of digitized records reflecting major historical events of the 20th century related to PEN International, a global writers’ organization, are available online beginning this month.
September 25, 2017, Filed Under: AuthorsArchive of Michael Ondaatje, author of “The English Patient,” acquired The archive of award-winning author Michael Ondaatje has been acquired by the Harry Ransom Center. Ondaatje, author of the Booker Prize-winning novel “The English Patient,” is widely regarded as one of the finest English-language novelists writing today.
