Felix Giovanelli papers, 1925-1985 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Felix Giovanelli papers, 1925-1985

Predominant Dates:1940-1970

ID: 01/01/MSS00015

Primary Creator: Giovanelli, Felix Bruno, (1913-)

Extent: 1.2 Cubic Feet

Languages: English, Italian, French, Spanish;Castilian

Felix Bruno Giovanelli (1913-1962) was born in Eveleth, Minnesota on January 2, 1913 and obtained B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois. While attending the University of Illinois, Giovanelli was involved as a student officer at Newman Hall and later had an interest in Catholic novelists. Indeed, in 1939 he presented on "Modern Catholic Novelists" at the St. Louis University Lecture Forum. He obtained a professorship in French at Illinois until his transfer to St. Louis University as an Assistant Professor of Romance Languages in the late 1930s. He married Margaret Wixsom in Cook County, Illinois, December 31, 1936. In his 1940 draft registration card, Giovanelli is living at 3637 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri and working at St. Louis University. During World War II, Giovanelli spoke for the interests of Italian Americans and advocated for an Italian Legion "to fight against Mussolini and the Fascist regime" ("Free Italian Group Proposed in St. Louis"). In 1945, Giovanelli relocated to New York University, again as an Assistant Professor of Romance Languages. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Giovanelli reviewed books for the New Leader and Italica and worked on novel translations for short stories and articles. He died of complications from cancer July 25, 1962. Margaret Wixsom Giovanelli died in 1997, and they are buried at Edgar Cemetery in Paris, Edgar County, Illinois.

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Box and Folder Listing

Series 2: Writings

Sub-series 1: Literary Criticisms

Box 2

Folder 1

Item 1: Criticism of "Federico Mistral e La Pleiade Provenzale" by Annibale Pesante, 1936

Folder 2

Item 1: Criticism of "La Derniere Incantation de Monsieur de Courpiere" by Abel Hermant, 1937

Folder 3

Item 1: Criticism of "Terre Natale" by Marcel Arland, 1938

Folder 4

Item 1: Criticism of "Derriere chez Martin" by Marcel Ayme, 1938

Folder 5

Item 1: Criticism of "Educzanione: La Scuola di Fata Azzura" by Giovanni di Jasio, 1938

Folder 6

Item 1: Criticism of "Cucurbutin Le Miraculeux" by Charles Clavieres, 1938

Folder 7

Item 1: Criticism of "Il Fascimo Affama i Contadini" by Andrea Marabini, 1938

Folder 8

Item 1: Criticism of "De Cape et D'Epee" by Joseph Peyre, 1938

Folder 9

Item 1: Criticism of "Mere Et Fils" by Charles Silvestre, 1938

Folder 10

Item 1: Criticism of "Les Songes et Les Sorts" by Marguerite Yourcenar, 1938

Folder 11

Item 1: Criticism of "Louis XVII et L'enigme du Temple" by G. Lenotre (Theodore Gosselin), 1939

Folder 12

Item 1: Criticism of "L'Invicible Esercito Rosso" by K. Votoshilov, G. Stern, S.M. Budionny, and L. Mekhlis, 1939

Folder 13

Item 1: Criticism of "Cross Section" by Edwin Seaver, 1947

Folder 14

Item 1: Criticism of "The Confessions of Zeno" by Italo Svevo (Ettore Schmitz), 1947

Criticism by Philip Taft of "Cities of America" by George Sessions Perry and "Our Fair City" by Robert S. Allen on reverse side

Folder 15

Item 1: Criticism of "Bernard Clare" by James T. Farrell, undated

Folder 16

Item 1: Criticism of "Les Voix Pures" by Andree Massenet, undated

Sub-series 2: Translations

Box 2

Folder 17

Item 1: Translation of "Flares" by Charles Baudelaire, undated

Folder 18

Item 1: Translation of "My Heart Laid Bare" by Charles Baudelaire, undated

Folder 19

Item 1: Translation of "Seven Floors" by Dino Buzzati, undated

Folder 20

Item 1: Translation of "A Discourse on the Hebrews Consideration XI" by Rabbi Simone ben Isaac Luzzato, undated

Folder 21

Item 1: Translation of "A Discourse on the Hebrews Consideration XVI" by Rabbi Simone ben Isaac Luzzato, 1947

Folder 22

Item 1: Translation of "Special Friendships" by Roger Peyrefitte (1/4), undated

Part One, pages 2-84

Folder 23

Item 1: Translation of "Special Friendships" by Roger Peyrefitte (2/4), undated

Part Two, pages 85-169a

Folder 24

Item 1: Translation of "Special Friendships" by Roger Peyrefitte (3/4), undated

Part Three, pages 170-279a

Folder 25

Item 1: Translation of "Special Friendships" by Roger Peyrefitte (4/4), undated

Part Three, pages 280-401