Ursule Molinaro Papers
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Ursule Molinaro (1916-2000) was a poet, playwright, and visual artist who moved from France to New York City in the early 1950s to be a translator at the United Nations. Molinaro began publishing her writing in the 1960s and taught classes on creative writing before her death on July 10, 2000. This collection consists of correspondence between 1942 and 2004, as well as manuscripts of novels, plays, short stories. Materials also include flyers and other ephemera promoting Molinaro's writing and painting, audiovisual recordings of Molinaro reading her work, and photographic prints, negatives, and slides.
Biographical Note
Ursule Molinaro (1916-2000) was a poet, playwright, and visual artist who moved from France to New York City in 1949 and became a translator at the United Nations in 1951. She taught classes on creative writing at New York University and the University of Hawaii. She began publishing her writing in the 1960s and much of her work focuses on reimagining Greek myths for a contemporary audience. Molinaro died in New York City on July 10, 2000.
Arrangement
This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. The materials are arranged in the order in which they were received from the donor.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence, ephemera, and manuscripts of novels, plays, and short stories by Ursule Molinaro between 1963 and 1997. Molinaro's manuscripts focus on reimagining Greek myths to give the female characters individual agency to escape the social strictures of their society. Ursule's writing material ranges from early research and handwritten notes to the final published books and plays. Her correspondence, from 1942 to 2000, are about translations and contracts related to publishing her writing and exhibiting her paintings. The collection also includes flyers, brochures promoting Ursule Molinaro's writing and painting from 1981 to 1994, and photographic prints, negatives, and slides. Audiovisual recordings of Molinaro reading her work as well as performances by contemporary artists she admired, like Arlo Guthrie and Ursula K. Le Guin, are included in the Ursule Molinaro Papers.
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Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Ursule Molinaro Papers; MSS 514; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Bruce Benderson, 2017. The accession number associated with this gift is 2017.184
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Processing Information
At the time of accessioning, materials were placed in new acid-free folders and boxes maintaining the original order of the records as maintained by Bruce Benderson. Original folder titles were retained...
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