Francisca Sanchez and the "Seminario-Archivo de Ruben Dario"
1958; American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese; Volume: 41; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/334593
ISSN2153-6414
Autores Tópico(s)Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism
ResumoIt was through a very unexpected sequence of events that during the writer's sabbatical year in Spain, 1956-57, she had the great pleasure of becoming personally acquainted with Sainchez, the widow and inspiration of Rub6n Dario, of whom he said, Francisca Sanchez, acompifiame.* Attending a course at the Universidad de Madrid entitled La versificaci6n cuantitativa en la poesia hispanoamericana given by Dr. Antonio Oliver, recognized as a Spanish poet and essayist as well as professor, I learned that he was well acquainted with Sainchez and that she would move to Madrid in the near future. In March of 1957, I had the pleasure of meeting her, being taken to her home in Madrid by Dr. Oliver as an admirer of Ruben Dario and a good friend and colleague of don Antonio, as she affectionately calls Dr. Oliver. My relationship with Sinchez has not been that of an inquiring reporter, but of a friend who visited with her very frequently from March until my departure in July. Before describing her personally, I should like to discuss some of the events which preceded her departure from the little town of Navalsauz in the Sierra de Gredos, near Avila, where she had been born and to which she returned after the death of her beloved Rub6n. It had been known for a long time that Sinchez was living in Navalsauz and was zealously guarding a valuable collection of Dario's papers. More than once eager seekers of information had ventured the trip by poor roads and burro to her home, attempting to pry from her information concerning Ruben Dario and to inveigle any bits of documents which they might be able to secure. Having been prodded by many, and even robbed of some of the documents by one who used the information for his own personal gain, Sinchez was in no mood to divulge even one bit of information to those who sought her out.
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