Juan Arcocha Papers

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Juan Arcocha Papers

Datum(s)

  • 1962-1985 (Vervaardig)

Omvang

7 Boxes

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Biografie

Juan Arcocha (1927-2010) was a Cuban journalist and writer active in the late 20th century.

Arcocha was an initial supporter of the Cuban Revolution, working as a correspondent for the communist newspaper Revolución in Moscow in the 1960s. He broke ties with the regime over the unfair incarceration of Cuban political prisoner Heberto Padilla, exiling himself to Paris in 1971.

In addition to his prolific literary work, Arcocha served as an interpreter throughout his career, facilitating the meeting between Cuban communist officials and Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir during the philosophers’ visit to Havana in 1960. He would eventually work as an interpreter for the United Nations and its Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), as well as acting as the press attaché for the Cuban Embassy in Paris. He died in Paris in 2010.

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The Juan Arcocha Papers contain manuscripts and notes for books written by the 20th century Cuban philosopher Juan Arcocha (1927-2010).

The collection contains drafts of Arcocha's work in Spanish, French and English, including Los muertos andan solos (1962), Por cuenta propia(1970) and Tatiana y los hombres abundantes (1982), as well as notebooks with handwritten versions of Arcocha's work.

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The collection is arranged into two series: Works and Notebooks.

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This collection is open for research.

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Requests to publish or display materials from this collection require written permission from the rights owner. Please contact chc@miami.edu for more information.

Preferred citation: Juan Arcocha Papers, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.

Languages of the material

  • Engels
  • Frans
  • Spaans

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Gift of Maria Cristina Arcocha Morris, 2012 and 2015.

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Processing by Amanda Moreno, August 2013. Updated by Natalie Baur, August 2015. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.

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