"Soneto para un Tango en la Nochecita", 1926
Scope and Contents
Holograph manuscript, "Sonnet for an Evening Tango" signed and dated "Jorge Luis Borges 1926", in black ink on the recto of a leaf of pink paper. One deletion, with a correction written above. It was published in March 1926 in Caras y Caretas, and never printed in any of Borge's works. No other manuscript known.
It it a very important manuscript, for its content related to another manuscript about the tango and for its early date.
Dates
- Creation: 1926
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.07 Cubic Feet (1 legal size document box and 1 oversize box) : oversize box is in the vault V-7
Language of Materials
Spanish; Castilian
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States