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Atalayismo (Literary movement)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Graciany Miranda Archilla Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8
Abstract

Graciany Miranda Archilla was a poet, journalist and essayist, and a co-founder of Atalayismo an important literary movement. His papers provide useful insights into the political and cultural milieu of Puerto Rico in the 1930s and 1940s and of the Puerto Rican community in New York of the 1950s and 1960s. They consist of correspondence, published and unpublished poetry, essays, critical reviews, clippings, and photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1928-1943; 1911-1991
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Graciany Miranda Archilla Papers

Clemente Soto Vélez and Amanda A. Vélez Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 60
Abstract Ground-breaking poet and one of the most significant contemporary Puerto Rican writers. Founding member of a vanguard literary movement called Atalayismo. Contains information about literary and artistic trends among Puerto Ricans in New York and Puerto Rico. Is rich in content related to pro-independence topics, political movements and community development. Consists of published and unpublished manuscripts, notes and drafts, letters, poetry, manuscripts, biographies, interviews,...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1960-1994; 1924-1994
Found in: Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora / Clemente Soto Vélez and Amanda A. Vélez Papers


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