The Worlds of Gonzalo Torrente Ballester in Albany, N.Y. (1966 - 1972) - October 14, 2011 - January 12, 2012
The Official Website of Gonzalo Torrente Ballester in Albany, NY (1966-1972)
The Gonzalo Torrente Ballester Collection at the University at Albany Libraries (SUNY) is the most comprehensive in the U.S. It includes both works by and about the author. Of special importance are his diaries and the two typescripts of Don Juan housed in the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives. The collection also contains first editions of the vast majority of Torrente Ballester's works, many of which are signed by the author.
Official Website of Gonzalo Torrente Ballester in Albany, NY (1966-1972)
Legacy of Spanish Literary Icon to be Honored at UAlbany on Oct. 14
ALBANY, N.Y. (September 23, 2011) -- In the 1960s, famed Spanish novelist Gonzalo Torrente Ballester found creative refuge at the University at Albany after escaping the heavy hand of censorship under Francisco Franco's government.
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Exhibit Credits
Curated by
Jesús Alonso-Regalado, Hispanic Studies Bibliographer and Outreach Librarian, University at Albany, SUNY
Sponsored and supported by
University Libraries, University at Albany, SUNY
Office of International Education, University at Albany, SUNY
Fundación Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
Acknowledgements
University Libraries
Jodi Boyle, Kathleen Broeder, Karen Brown, Mary Casserly, Ann Kearney
Brian Keough, Roger Lipera, John Pardavila, Betsaida Reyes, Mary Van Ullen, and Geoffrey Williams
University at Albany
Ray Bromley, Ilka Kressner, Joana Sabadell-Nieto, and April Schmidt
Fundación Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
Carmen Becerra Suárez, Miguel Fernández-Cid, Marián Portela, Marina Martínez Mattanó and Álvaro Torrente Sánchez-Guisande
Additional contributors
Daniel Joudrey, Sally Lawrence, Drosoula Lytra, Stephen Miller, Francisca Ojeda-Suárez Miller, and José Miguel Torrente Sánchez-Guisande