Andrei Codrescu collection, 1929-2004 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Andrei Codrescu collection, 1929-2004

ID: 02/Codrescu

Extent: 1.6 Cubic Feet

Languages: Romanian

The Codrescu collection consists of manuscripts of Andrei Codrescu (b.1946), an American-Romanian novelist, poet, essayist and former professor of English at Louisiana State University. The collection includes several unpublished works including books, poems and essays by Codrescu, book reviews of several of his published works, as well as photographs and interviews with the author. In addition there are examples of Codrescu's correspondence with other authors in the form of letters, postcards and gifts. There are also a number of items of Romanian poetry and fiction, political essays on Romania during and after Communism, newspaper articles on Romanian culture and writing, and collaborations of Andrei Codrescu and other Romanian and American authors. There is a variety of materials, including handwritten letters, drawings, paintings, poems, essays, book reviews, speeches, posters and photographs.

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Box and Folder Listing

Box 2

Folder 13: Miscellaneous, 1974, 1994-1998, 2000, 2004-2005, undated

Catalogs, programs, postcards found in Codrescu Collection.

Item 1: Postcard Cluj Napoca, 1995

Postcard Cluj Napoca: Monumentul memorandistilor

Item 2: Postcard Muzeul de Arta al R.S.Romania, 1974

Postcard Muzeul de Arta al R.S.Romania: petrecere by Theodor Aman

Item 3: Catalog Editura Fundatiei Culturale Romane, 1996

Catalog with materials to be published by Editura Fundatiei Culturale Romane, Bucuresti, Romania in 1996.

Item 4: Adriana Botez-Crainic, 1996

Adriana Botez-Cranic Bibliophile, fine art book, New York, Romanian Cultural Center

Item 5: Catalog Editura Fundatiei Culturale Romane, 1995

Catalog with materialspublished by Editura Fundatiei Culturale Romane, Bucuresti, Romania in 1990-1995.

Item 6: Fundata Culturala Romana, 1994

Fundatia Culturala Romana, Bucuresti, Romania - presentation and contact information.

Item 7: Fundatia Culturala Romana, 1995

Catalog with materials published by  Editura Fundatiei Culturale Romane, Bucuresti, Romania in 1990-1995.

Item 8: Publications. Fundatia Culturala Romana, [1995]

List of publications from the publishing house of Fundatia Cultura Romana, Bucuresti, Romania.

Item 9: Departments. Fundatia Culturala Romana, [1995]

List of departments of Fundatia Cultura Romana, Bucuresti, Romania.

Item 10: Jatekszabaly - Magyarazat, undated

Rules of Casino games from GFD Jatekkaszino kft.

Item 11: Aurelia Stoie Marginean - Pictura, 1996

Aurelia Stoie Marginean - Pictura. Texts in Romanian, Spanish and English.

Item 12: The Alex fund, 1996

Flyer from the Alex fund, New York.

Item 13: Zidaru, 2000

Poster and presentation of Marian and Victoria Zidaru exhibit at Romanian Cultural Center New York 04/11-05/03 2000.

Item 14: Soare, 1990s

Mircea Soare's life and work (in German)

Item 15: Goldfaden's legacy, 2004

Poster for Goldfaden's legacy, a Radu Gabrea film. Presentation of the movie in Romanian and English attached.

Item 16: Ezekiel's vision, [2000]

Art work by Zidaru.

Item 17: Firts 10 years of Atlas Press and year eleven, 1994

A bibliography and catalogue of publications from 1983 to 1994 and a prospectus for the Arkhive series.

Item 18: Manastirea Sf. Ap. Petru si Pavel, undated

Postards from St. Peter and Paul Monastery.

Item 19: Viata si Acatistul Sfintilor Epictet si Astion, 2005

Life of St Epicted and Astion. Constanta, 2005.

Item 20: Catedrala Ortodoxa "Sfintii Apostoli Petru si Pavel" Constanta, 1998

Presentation of St. Peter and Paul's Orthodox Cathedral, Constanta 1998.

Folder 14: Documents sent to Codrescu, 1974, 1992, 1997-2000, 2003-2004

Articles and other documents received by Codrescu through mail, email or fax.

Series 5: Reviews - Tara Branzei, 1999

Photocopies of reviews for and articles about "Tara branzei" by Felicia Mihali.

"Un talent de 24 de carate" by Alex. Stefanescu in Romania literara,  August 11-17, 1999.

"Mizofilia unei vieti destramate" by Dan C. Mihailescu in 22,vol.10, no.36, 1999.

"Selectia formula As" by Adriana Bittel in Formula As, vol.9, no.374, 1999.

"Tara branzei, tara mlastinilor psihicului feminin" by Corneliu Ciocan, vol.8, no.2126, 1999.

"Cumplita calatorie a Feliciei Mihali in Tara branzei" by Gabriela Hurezeanu in National, vol.3, no.621, 1999.

"Ziarista Felicia Mihali debuteaza in forta cu un roman despre esec si singuratate" by Ion Zubascu in Romania libera no.2814,1999.

"in panza de paianjem a feminitatii" by Henri Zalis in Contemporanul, vol.10, no.14, 2000.

Series 6: Reviews - Eu, Luca si Chinezul, 2000

Photocopies of  reviews of "Eu, Luca si Chinezul" by Felicia Mihali

"Love story si presa de scandal" by Gabriela Hurezeanu in National, vol.4, no.827, 2000.

"<Eu , Luca si Chinezul> un roman care-l va supara si pe presedinte" signed by the editors in Evenimentul de weekend no.9, 2000.

"<Eu , Luca si Chinezul> - bucatarie jurnalistica si amor oriental" in Evenimentul zilei, vol.8, no. 2338, 2000.

"Selectia Formula As" in Formula As, vol.10, no.405, 2000.

"<Eu, Luca si Chinezul> Eram datoare gazetarilor de pagina culturala" interview in Metrobus, no.45, 2000.

"<Eu, Luca si Chinezul> de Felicia Mihali descrie viata din redactia <Evenimentului zilei> by Bianca Stupu in Cotidianul, vol.10, no. 2600, 2000.

Series 7: Reviews - Mica istorie, 1999

Photocopies of  reviews of "Mica istorie" by Felicia Mihali

"Felicia Mihali revine in forta in librarii cu <Mica istorie>" by Eugenia Cristea in Evenimentul de weekend, vol.3, 2000.

"Felicia Mihali propune <Mica istorie> a erotismului universal" by Gabriela Hurezeanu in National, vol.3, no.775, 1999.

"<Mica istorie> sau un altfel de inceput al lumii" by Corneliu Ciocan in Evenimentul zilei, vol.8, no.2280, 1999.

"Felicia si istoria" by Horia Garbea in Luceafarul, no.5, 2000.

Series 8: The Center for Romanian Studies, 1997

The Center for Romanian Studies publication brochure for 1997.

Series 9: Letter from the Cennter for Romanian Studies, 1997

The letter from the assistant director of center for Romanian studies Iasi that accompanied books sent for review to Andrei Codrescu.

Titles:

Transylvanian voices: an anthology of contemporary poets of Cluj-Napoca. edited by Adam J. Sorkin and Liviu Bleoca. 1997.

Romanian poetry in English translation: An annotated bibliography & census: 1740-1996. Charles M. Carlton, Thomas Amherst Perry, Stefan Stroenescu. 1997.

Series 10: Note from Guillermo Galindo, 1999

Note from Guillermo Galindo that accompanies a personal CD sent to Andrei Codrescu.

Series 11: The road of the Roma, 2003

Letter from W.A.Forster that accompanied the We are the romani people book by Ian Hancock.

Enclosed are also the catalogs on Literature and Drama and on books about Romani people "The Roma - a nation without a country" (plus order forms).

Series 12: The Romani Archives and Documentation Center, 2003

Letter from Ian Hancock to Codrescu asking him to review the "Roads of the roma" and "We are the Romani people".

Series 13: Festivalul International de Haiku, 1992

Documents from Ion Codrescu sent together with COD858C649Od "Desene printre Haiku".

Envelope from Ion Codrescu.

"International Haiku Festival" article by Vera Cordonescu.

Societatea de Haiku din Constanta - Exhibit catalog.

Program of Festivalul International de Haiku

Series 14: Vladimir Colin, 1974

Presentation of Vladimir Colin's "Les Dents de Chronos"

Item 1: Facsimile Transmittal, 1998

Article "In cautarea orasului american la sfarsitul mileniului" by Carmen Firan, Romanian Cultural Center  NY. With handwritten letter.

Item 2: Romania: The Journey, [2003]

Articles by Yifat Bachrach

Item 3: Where have all the intellectuals gone?, 2004

Printed email from  Danny Postel with the Terry Eagleton review of "Where have all the intellectuals gone?".

Item 4: The New Republic online, 2004

Printed email from  Danny Postel with the article "The door stands open" by Seamus Heaney in memory of Czeslaw Milosz.

Item 15: Subj:story, 2003

Printed email from Carmen Firan to Andrei Codrescu containing the short-story Post Meridian.

Folder 15: Articles not in original folders, 1985, 1989-1990, 2004

Photocopied or printed articles and texts from the collection.

Item 1: Busuioc si Musuioc, [1985]

Photocopy of "Busuioc and musuioc" story from Cerbul de aur: basme culese din popor. Stanescu D.1985.

Item 2: Archaevs offprint, 2004

Studies in the History of religions. tome 8(2004), fasc.1-4

Andrei Oisteanu's "Mircea Eliade between political journalism and scholarly work"

Item 3: Poetry Blaga, Lucian "At the Court of Yearning, 1990

Joel Lipman's review of Lucian Blaga's  At the Court of Yearning translated by Codrescu in Small Press.

Item 4: "Little magazine" by expatriate is a mighty journal, 1990

Photocopy of Sam Abrams' article "Little magazine" by expatriate is a mighty journal.

Item 5: Balance de un "Cadaver", [1989]

Stefan Baciu's artcile Balance de un "Cadaver" in Poesia de Venezuela.

Item 6: Fac tot ce pot sa nu ma integrez in cultura americana, 2004

Copy of Adina Dabija's interview with Codrescu published in Flacara, no.1-2/2005

Folder 16: Codrescu Collection addition, 2009

Archival material found in the 2009 Codrescu Collection additional donation

Series 1: Fotografii Monumentul Dada, Moinesti, undated

7 pictures with Dada monument in Moinesti, Romania in an envelope.

Were located in COD 845T99OAp, Tristan Tzara, "Approximate Man" and Other Writings

Series 2: Post-it notes, undated

3 post-it notes with Codrescu handwriting.

Were located in COD 845T99OAp, Tristan Tzara' "Approximate Man" and Other Writings

Series 17: Letters of support for Cahiers Tristan Tzara, 2000

Copy of letters of support for Cahiers Tristan Tzara sent to Vasile Robciuc.

Item 3: Victor Brauner postcard, undated

Handwritten card from marTa to Andrei Codrescu.

Was located in COD Q 759.9498B738vi, Victor Brauner: Surrealist Hieroglyphs.

Item 4: 'Corpse Flower' set to bloom in San Fan, 2005

Printed email.

Was located in COD 809.L6452M, Jack Lindsay, Meeting with Poets

Item 5: Bio historical marginality, [2005]

Note of Codrescu about Tzara and Lenin's Zurich 1914 chess game.

Was located in COD 845 T99OG1981, Tristan Tzara, "Grains et issues".

Item 6: Had TT came to America, 2005

Note of Codrescu from 7/1/05 imagining  Tzara's visit to USA.

Was located in COD 845 T99OG1981, Tristan Tzara, "Grains et issues".

Item 7: Gaga for Dada, 2005

Pages 42-46 from The New york Times Style Magazine, September 25, 2005, with article "Gaga for Dada"

Was located in COD 759.0662D121989 ,Robert Motherwell (ed.)  "The Dada painters and poets".

Item 8: Daughters of DADA, 2006

Daughters of DADA exhibit catalog.

Was located in COD 759.0662D121989, Robert Motherwell (ed.)  "The Dada painters and poets".

Item 9: Killer Puns, 2006

Printed email about Gherasim Luca.

Was located in COD 759.0662D121989, Robert Motherwell (ed.)  "The Dada painters and poets".

Item 10: Mircea Eliade si "caderea in lume", 2006

Printed email attachment from Carmen Firan with Ovidiu Simonca's text <Mircea Eliade si "caderea in lume".

Was located in COD 759.0662D121989, Robert Motherwell (ed.)  "The Dada painters and poets".

Item 11: Interview request for New Orleans, Mon Amour, 2006

Printed email from Ellen Pfirrmann from WNCW.

Was located in COD 759.0662D121989, Robert Motherwell (ed.)  "The Dada painters and poets".

Item 12: Despre Trtistan tzara, 2006

Printed email with Eugen's Simion comment Tristan Tzara, poetul ca "un lup infometat".

Was located in COD 759.0662D121989, Robert Motherwell (ed.)  "The Dada painters and poets".

Item 13: Arkansas Democrat Gazette, 2005

Clipping from Arkansas Democrat Gazette from December 27, 2005 with part of article Guard (pg.2A).

Was located in COD 759.0662D121989, Robert Motherwell (ed.)  "The Dada painters and poets".

Item 14: Summer 2006, 2006

Printed email to Jennifer Rissler about "Collaborative work: Exquisite corpses, hybrids, inter-species Constructs" course.

Was located in COD 759.0662D121989, Robert Motherwell (ed.)  "The Dada painters and poets".

Item 15: Vasile Robciuc, [2000]

Mail address of Vasile Robciuc.

Was located in COD Q 700.94C12, Les Cahiers Tristan Tzara, No.1.

Item 16: Mail form Vasile Robciuc, 2000

Mail from Vasile Robciuc to Andrei Codrescu.

Was located in COD Q 700.94C12, Les Cahiers Tristan Tzara, No.1.

Folder 17: Manuscripts, translations, copies sent to Codrescu, undated

Translations, manuscripts, unpublished works and photo copies or books received by Codrescu through mail.

Item 1: The Invetor of Love, undated

Typed manuscript of The inventor of Love by Gherasim Luca, translated from Romanian by Julian Semilian p46.

Was in a mail from Julian Semilian.

Item 2: Inventatorul iubirii, undated

Photocopy of Inventatorul iubirii by Gherasim Luca.p.60

Was in a mail from Julian Semilian.

Folder 18: Tzara File

File called " Tzara File" organized by Andrei Codrescu.

Series 21: Re: atlas- Pages from and for "Born Dada" proposal, 2004

Stapled together pages with:

1) printed response email from Ann Whitmer to Andrei Codrescu; page with scholars recommending "Born Dada" proposal;

2) first page of the notice of intent for "Born Dada" proposal;

3) printed email from Julian Semilian;

4) second page of the notice of intent for "Born Dada" proposal;

5) pages from "Born Dada" proposal;

Series 32: "About the Internet Dada Archive", 2004

Webpage print-out stapled together with pages:

1) printed web page About the International Dada Archive www.lib.uiowa.edu/dada/about.html ;

2) "Tristan" printed email from Willis Barnstone to Andrei Codrescu;

3) "Urari!" printed email from Vasile Robciuc to Andrei Codrescu;

4) photocopy of pages 266-267 from "The histories" -Book four.

Item 1: Letter from Willis Barnstone, 2004

Letter from Willis Barnstone to Andrei Codrescu.

Item 2: 17 Quai Voltaire, 2005

Photocopy of Paul Bowle's 17 Quai Voltaire article from Open City spring-Summer 2005, NYC.

Item 3: Cabaret Voltaire, 2005

Printed email from Roger Conover to Andrei Codrescu about  Cabaret Voltaire.

Item 4: Avangarda la zi, 2005

Printed email with Ioana Ieronim's article Avangarda la zi, article from Observator Cultural, nr. 262, 2005.

Item 5: Dada traieste, 2005

Printed email with Alina Mondini's article Dada traieste, article from Observator Cultural, nr. 261, 2005.

Item 6: Janco/Dada: An interview with Marcel Janco, 1982

Photocopy of Francis M. Naumann's article Janco/Dada: An interview with Marcel Janco from Arts Magazine, vol. 57, no 3, 1982. Post note on the article with handwritten information about Francis Naumann.

Item 7: Tzara vs the legion of the Archangel Michael, 2005

Printed email  from Charlie Vermont to Andrei Codrescu.

Item 8: Draga Andrei, La multi ani!, undated

Typed letter with information about Tristan Tzara's grave in Montparnasse.

Item 9: Eveniment editorial, undated

Item 10: draft, 2004

Printed email from Willis Barnstone to Andrei Codrescu.

Item 11: things, 2004

Printed email from Willis Barnstone to Andrei Codrescu. Contains poems: The sad gentleman, Epigraph for a condemned book,

Item 12: Al Zarkaoui de Brisard, 2005

Printed email from Judith Gurewich to Andrei Codrescu.

Item 13: Despre Nisipeanu, Sasa Pana, Gherasim Luca, Gellu Naum, etc., 2005

Printed email containing Ilie Traian's article "Din bibliotecile emigratiei in California, despre suprarealistii interbelici"from Curierul Romanesc, vol.15, no.5(208),2004.

Item 14: Hans Richter by Valery Oisteanu, 2004

Printed email containing Valery Oisteanu's article "Hans Richter, Dada Pioneer.

Item 15: Atlas, 2004

Printed email from Ann Whitmer to Andrei Codrescu about Office of Sponsored Programs and Institutional Review Board (IRB).

Item 16: Romania mania, 2004

Printed email from Roger L. Conover to Andrei Codrescu.

Item 17: People hear everything, 2004

Handwritten note of Andrei Codrescu.

Item 18: Atlas application information, 2004

Printed email from Ann Whitmer to Andrei Codrescu with Atlas application information.

Item 19: Regents Awards to Louisiana artists and scholars program, 2004

Copy of Andrei Codrescu's  "Born Dada", featuring Tristan Tzara proposal for the Regents Awards to Louisiana artists and scholars program

Item 20: Notice of intent, [2004]

Andrei Codrescu's notice of intent for "Born Dada", featuring Tristan Tzara proposal.

Item 22: The suicide of Dada, [1986]

Photocopy of The Suicide of Dada poem from Jerome Rothenberg's 1986, "New Selected Poems 1970-1985"

Item 23: Tzara Quotes, undated

Six pages of quotes from Tristan Tzara.

Item 24: Last paragraph of Dada Manifesto, undated

Last paragraph of Dada Manifesto 1918 by Tristan Tzara.

Item 25: Hello, 2004

Printed email from Willis Barnstone to Andrei Codrescu containing the poems L'apres-midi avec Tristan and An Afternoon with Tristan.

Item 26: Jerome Rothemberg, 2004

Printed email from Jerome Rothenberg to Andrei Codrescu.

Item 27: thanks and favor, 2004

Printed email from Vladimir Tismaneanu to Andrei Codrescu.

Item 28: stuff, 2004

Printed email from Willis Barnstone to Andrei Codrescu.

Item 29: Re: stuff, 2004

Printed email from Willis Barnstone to Andrei Codrescu.

Item 30: jos chilotii, sus patria, 2004

Printed email from Ioana Avadanei to Andrei Codrescu with an forwarded email from Mugur Rosu.

Item 31: dosar Tzara, 2004

Printed email from Ioana Avadanei to Andrei Codrescu with article "Sex printre clatite" from Ziua, April 20, 2002.

Item 33: statement, 6 August, 2006

Printed email  from Willis Barnstone to Andrei Codrescu.

Item 34: Mesaj, 6 April, 2004

Printed email from Vasile Robciuc to Andrei Codrescu..

Item 35: Suprarealism, 19 August, 2004

Printed email with Radu Voinescu's article "Suprarealismul, o noua dimensiune a artei (I, II)", article from Observator Cultural, nr. 233-234, 2004.

Folder 19: Roger Conover: Tzara, 2003-2005, undated

File called " Roger Conover: Tzara" organized by Andrei Codrescu.

Item 1: Letter from Vasile Robciuc, 2003

Leter from Vasile Robciuc to Andrei Codrescu.(with envelope)

Item 2: Note on Tristan Tzara, undated

Handwritten note about Tristan Tzara.

Item 3: The MIT press letter, 2004

Handwritten letter to Andrei Codrescu.

Item 4: Art, Architecture, Visual Culture, 2005

The MIT Press catalog with post it on page 13.

Item 5: Ma. Cristina Sanmartin, undated

Business card.

Item 6: Dada East and interogation Machine, undated

Catalog presentation of Tom Sandqvist's Dada East:The Romanians of Cabaret Voltaire and Alexei Monroe's Interrogation Machine.

Item 7: aRude, undated

Photocopy of "The best kept secter:Roger Conover" interview  by Shelly Rice from aRude.

Item 8: Radu Ioanid "The Ransom of the Jews", 2004

Page 45 from the advance copy  of Radu Ioanid's "The Ransom of the Jews".

Item 9: No subject, 2004

Printed email from Roger Conover to Andrei Codrescu.

Item 10: Mira Rinzler, 2003

Photocopy of a letter from Mira Rinzler to Tom Sandqvist. With a post on and photocopied pictures and paintings of Tzara's family.

Folder 20: Janco/Israel, 2005

File called "Janco/Israel" organized by Andrei Codrescu

Series 2: Marcel Janco, 2005

Serie of documents on Marcel Janco:

1) Handwriten note about Ein Hod;

2) Post it note;

3) "Born on 24 May 1895:Marcel Janco"p resentation;

4) Printed web page about Marcel Janco from www.li.uiowa.edu/dada/janco.html

5) Printed web page about Tourism Israel from www.inisrael.com/tour/places/einhod/index.html

6) Reviews text: Un Arpent Sur La Lune

7) Printed web page about Ein hod from davelippman.com/palblog.html

8) Statemen of "The association of forty" in the U.N.

9) Printed web page about Ein hod from electronicintifata.net

Stapled together 3) to 9).

Item 1: No Subject, 2005

Printed email from Roger Conover to Andrei Codrescu.

Item 3: Displacement and Identity: Arnold Daghani, 2001

Essay by Deborah Schultz.