Juan Bruce-Novoa Papers
Scope and Contents Note
Organized into two series: 1. Literary productions, and 2. Audio tapes. Literary productions are organized into five subseries: Books, Poetry, Short stories, Translations, and Essays.
Collection consists of Bruce-Novoa's literary manuscripts, notes, interviews, and recordings of lectures, discussions and readings. Literary manuscripts include poetry, short stories, essays, and literary criticism. Interviews conducted by Bruce-Novoa are of Mexican American writers Alurista, Rudolfo Anaya, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Abelardo Delgado, Tomás Rivera, Ricardo Sánchez, Nash Candelaria, and others. Participants in lectures and discussions on tape include Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, Carlota Cárdenas, Carlos Morton, Felipe Ortego, and others. Books for which there are manuscripts include Inocencia perversa=Perverse innocence, Chicano authors: inquiry by interview; Chicano poetry: a response to chaos, and Retrospace: collected essays on Chicano literature. Short autobiographical pieces are also included.
Dates
- Creation: 1973-1980s
Language of Materials
English, Spanish
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply.
Biographical Sketch
Writer and critic; born in Costa Rica in 1944, full name Juan David Bruce-Novoa. Received PhD. from University of Colorado, 1974; taught at Yale University 1974-1983, and in Mainz, Germany 1983-1984 as Fulbright scholar. Also taught at Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; Trinity University, San Antonio (Tex.); Univ. of California, Irvine. Known for his essays on Mexican and Mexican American literature, short stories, and poetry. His poetry collection Inocencia perversa=Perverse innocence was published in 1977; books on Chicano literature published in 1980, 1982, 1989.
Full Extent
4 linear feet
Abstract
Literary manuscripts and recordings of author Juan Bruce-Novoa.
Acquisition Information
Purchase.
Accession numbers: 1979-80, 1990-08
Existence and Location of Copies
Access the audio recordings through the compact disc (CD) access copy in Box 10.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Benson staff.
- Title
- Juan Bruce-Novoa Papers
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
- Date
- 2006
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- May 2017: Finding aid edited and inventory added by Carla O. Alvarez.
- 2021 June: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez to fix compliance check errors to prepare for the migration to new TARO website.
- 2021 November: Edited by Devon Murphy to update control access terms and formatting based on the TARO Control Access List.
- 2025 July: Revised by Ryan Sullivant to fix validation errors prior to ingestion into ArchivesSpace.
- 2026: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez.
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu