RENOWNED CUBAN WRITER'S PERSONAL LETTERS GO ONLINE

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RENOWNED CUBAN WRITER'S PERSONAL LETTERS GO ONLINE UM's Cuban Heritage Collection adds Lezama Lima's correspondence to Web = site

Coral Gables, FL - The letters of Jos=E9 Lezama Lima to his sister = Elo=EDsa have been digitized by the Cuban Heritage Collection (CHC) and can now be = viewed online at http://www.library.miami.edu/chcdigital/chc5047_main.html
<http://www.library.miami.edu/chcdigital/chc5047_main.html> . Funding = by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has enabled the CHC = to digitize this collection and provide online access to it through the = Cuban Heritage Digital Collection Web site.

Jos=E9 Lezama Lima was born in Havana in 1910 and lived there until his = death in 1976. Although he studied law at the University of Havana, Lezama = Lima is best known as a poet, essayist, and novelist whose work greatly influenced other Cuban writers. He was one of the founders and = directors of Verbum (1937), Espuela de Plata (1939), and Or=EDgenes (1944-1956), = journals that published many new Cuban poets and writers. His own baroque style = was influenced by the Spanish Golden Age, as reflected in his first book of poetry, Muerte de Narciso (1937). His novel Paradiso (1966) is = considered his masterpiece.

In May 2001, Elo=EDsa Lezama Lima donated to the Cuban Heritage = Collection the letters written to her by her brother Jos=E9 from 1961 to 1976, along = with an annotated copy of Paradiso. These letters offer a more personal = perspective of the author, revealing his humor and openness as well as his informal = and familiar tone when writing to his sister. "This collection of correspondence will be invaluable to anyone studying Lezama Lima, his = work, and his literary legacy," said Esperanza de Varona, Head of the Cuban Heritage Collection. "It helps complete our understanding of this = seminal Cuban writer and of Cuban literature in the 20th century."

The Jos=E9 Lezama Lima Papers is one of several collections being = digitized by the Cuban Heritage Collection. To learn more about this project and = view other digitized collections, visit http://www.library.miami.edu/chcdigital/chcdigital.html
<http://www.library.miami.edu/chcdigital/chcdigital.html> .

For more information, contact Maria R. Estorino at 305-284-5854 or mailto:mestorino@miami.edu.

Maria R. Estorino Project Director/Archivist Cuban Heritage Digital Collection University of Miami PO Box 248214 Coral Gables, FL 33124-0320 305-284-5854 305-284-4027 fax mailto:mestorino@miami.edu http://www.library.miami.edu/chcdigital/chcdigital.html
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Coral Gables, FL - The letters = of Jos=E9 Lezama Lima to his sister Elo=EDsa have been digitized by the = Cuban Heritage Collection (CHC) and can now be viewed online at =
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Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has enabled the CHC to = digitize this collection and provide online access to it through the = Cuban Heritage Digital Collection Web site.

Jos=E9 Lezama Lima was born in = Havana in 1910 and lived there until his death in 1976.  Although = he studied law at the University of Havana, Lezama Lima is best known = as a poet, essayist, and novelist whose work greatly influenced other = Cuban writers.  He was one of the founders and directors of Verbum =
(1937), Espuela de Plata (1939), and Or=EDgenes (1944-1956), journals = that published many new Cuban poets and writers.  His own baroque = style was influenced by the Spanish Golden Age, as reflected in his = first book of poetry, Muerte de Narciso (1937).  His novel = Paradiso (1966) is considered his masterpiece.

In May 2001, Elo=EDsa Lezama = Lima donated to the Cuban Heritage Collection the letters written to = her by her brother Jos=E9 from 1961 to 1976, along with an annotated = copy of Paradiso.  These letters offer a more personal perspective = of the author, revealing his humor and openness as well as his informal = and familiar tone when writing to his sister.  "This collection of = correspondence will be invaluable to anyone studying Lezama Lima, his = work, and his literary legacy," said Esperanza de Varona, Head of the = Cuban Heritage Collection.  "It helps complete our understanding = of this seminal Cuban writer and of Cuban literature in the 20th = century."

The Jos=E9 Lezama Lima Papers is = one of several collections being digitized by the Cuban Heritage = Collection.  To learn more about this project and view other = digitized collections, visit <A = HREF=3D"http://www.library.miami.edu/chcdigital/chcdigital.html"><FON= T COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Courier = New">http://www.library.miami.edu/chcdigital/chcdigital.html><=
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For more information, contact = Maria R. Estorino at 305-284-5854 or mailto:mestorino@miami.edu.

Maria R. Estorino
 Project = Director/Archivist
 Cuban Heritage Digital = Collection
 University of Miami
 PO Box 248214
 Coral Gables, FL = 33124-0320
 305-284-5854
 305-284-4027 fax
 mailto:mestorino@miami.edu
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