Juana de Ibarbourou papers, 1915-1960

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Summary

Extent:
4.5 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item] Juana de Ibarbourou Papers, M0642, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes correspondence, which mention her works, her name change to Juana de America, her candidacy for the Nobel Prize, invites asking for her collaboration on works, and poems which mention her; documents and correspondence regarding her works; awards and honors; music; newsclippings; telegrams; and book dedications from other authors.

Biographical / historical:

Juana de Ibarbourou was born in Uruguay in 1895. She grew up in the country-side and began to feel an affinity with nature at an early age. She wrote lyrics celebrating life, love, and nature. Her early works, including "Las lenguas de diamante" (1919) and "Raiz salvaje" (1922), give a sense of joyousness about human existence and, in 1923, earned her the name of Juana de America. She wrote for magazines, newspapers, and also wrote children's tales and textbooks.

Her poetry is based on what she has seen or experienced, and she uses nature to reflect her thoughts, emotions, and moods. Her later works were influenced by religion as well as a growing preoccupation with old age, pain, death, bitterness and sorrow. She died in 1979.

Custodial history:

Purchased, 1992.

Access and use

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item] Juana de Ibarbourou Papers, M0642, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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