Nela Río papers 1967-2007

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Nela Río papers 1967-2007

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Nela Río is an Argentine-Canadian poet who has published nine collections of poetry and has had her poetry and short stories anthologized in both the United States and Canada. She served as a professor of literature at the University of St. Thomas in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada for thirty-three years. The collection contains papers dealing with Nela Río’s creative pursuits as well as her academic interests. Many of the original drafts of her published poetry collections, early manuscripts of unpublished poems, and drafts of early translations of her work are contained within this collection. The collection spans three decades and illustrates the depth and activity of Nela Río’s life.

DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University

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Nela Río was born in Córdoba, Argentina in 1938. From an early age she remembers writing and at age 13 she wrote her first award winning story-winning a school prize for the best short story. At 14, she began to write poetry in a small notebook that she called "origins." She wrote in these notebooks to prevent herself from tearing out the poems she disliked, learning to "re-write instead of destroy." By the time she entered college Río was a seasoned author. Together with some frien...