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 The collection includes several unpublished works including books, poems and essays by Codrescu, book reviews of several of his published works, as well as photographs and interviews with the author.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 4

Folder 34: Submarinul iertat, [2008]

Two proofs for Ruxandra Cesereanu and Andrei Codrescu's "Submarinul iertat".

Item 1: 1. Ruxandra Cesereanu & Andrei Codrescu, circa 2008

Proof of Ruxandra Cesereanu and Andrei Codrescu's "Submarinul iertat". 77pages.

Item 2: Ruxandra Cesereanu & Andrei Codrescu, circa 2008

Stapled proof  of Ruxandra Cesereanu and Andrei Codrescu's "Submarinul iertat" with handwritten notes.

Folder 35: Other printed materials, [200u]

Articles, typed texts, brochures.

Item 1: Constelatia imaginilor, 2006

Photocopy of Robert Lazu's article "Constelatia imaginilor" published in Adevarul Literar si Artistic from 29 July 2006, p.6. 1 page.

Item 2: Ionescu, Mintuitorul, circa 1989

Copy of Ioan P. Culianu's "Ionescu, Mintuitorul" written on December 5, 1989. 3 pages stapled.

Item 3: The Secret Sequence, undated

Copy of I.P. Couliano and H.S. Wiesner's "The Secret Sequence". 10 pages stapled.

Item 4: Raccontare il mito, 1990

Description of "Raccontare Il Mito" program coordinated by Joan P. Couliano at Turin Book Fair in May 1990. 1 page.

Item 5: Metamodernism - Towards a New Paradigm, undated

Alexandra Dumitrescu's "Metamodernism - Towards a News Paradigm". With bibliography. 6 pages stapled.

Item 6: The Secret of the Elerald Disk, [1992]

Copy of Ioan Petru Culianu's "The Secret of the Emerald Disk" from "The Diaphanous Parchment" (1992). 7 pages stapled.

Series 7: EEPS, 1996

East European Politics and Societiesvol.10, no.1, winter 1996 with handwritten note and mail address of a piece of envelope.

Item 1: EEPS, 1996

East European Politics and Societies vol.10, no.1, winter 1996.

Item 2: Dear Andrei Codrescu, 1996

Handwritten post-it note to Andrei Codrescu from Henry Carey.

Item 3: Henry (Chip) Carey, [1996]

Mail address of Henry Carey on a small piece of envelope.

Item 8: Domnului Andrei Codrescu - Survival Kit, 2000

Materials prepared by Ioana Avadanei for Andrei Codrescu's visit in Romania in May 2000. 7 pages in a plastic folder.

Title page; Handwritten note from Ioana Avadanei; Survival Kit; Agenda; Program of the presentation that Codrescu was having at the Independent Journalism Center; Photocopy of  article "Intalnire de gradul trei" from Evenimentul Zilei, May 24, 2000; Sagittarius Horoscope.

Item 9: Andrei, my wife Raluca, from Sighisoara, 2006

Letter from Dean Walcott to Andrei Codrescu. Was located in COD Q. 858.05 DILEM Dilemateca v.1, no.3, 2006. 1 page.

Item 10: Dear editors, 2003

Handwritten note from Marc Snyder on the back of a bat picture.

Item 11: Intr-o padure galbena picurata cu rosu, 2006

Printed poems published on www.poezii.ro by estera [Garlonta Gabriela].  5 pages.

Item 12: University of New Orleans, 1987

Letter from Eliza to Andrei Codrescu about her visit to Romania. 2 pages.

Folder 36: Other printed materials (2), [200u]

Copies of manuscripts and articles sent to Andrei Codrescu.

Item 1: Nation in Formation, [2007]

Photocopy of Ioana Luca's text "In and out: Andrei Codrescu or the journey of a Romanian exile" p.117-135 "Nation in Formation: Inclusion and Exclusion in Central and Eastern Europe" by Catherine Baker, Christopher J. Gerry, Barbara Madaj, Liz Mellish and Jana Nahodilova (eds.), Studies in Russia and Eastern Europe No.1, 2007. Table of contents included. 14 pages.

Item 2: Contents -Chapter I Autobiography's Critical Mirrors, undated

Photocopy of Chapter IV "Andrei Codrescu: The Endless Autobiography" p.123-167  from a thesis  on the "field of autobiography". 25 pages double sided.

Series 3: Qu'est-ce que la Poesie?, [1999]

Materials about Wanda Mihuleac and Marius Ghica.

Copy of the cover of  "Qu'est-ce que la Poesie?" by Jacques Derrida and Wanda Mihuleac.

Card.

Wanda Mihuleac's biography note and handwritten note from Marius Ghica to Andrei Codrescu.

Copy of the interview with Marius Ghica from Ziua, October 17, 2005.

Item 1: Qu'est-ce que la Poesie?, circa 1999

Copy of the cover of  "Qu'est-ce que la Poesie?" by Jacques Derrida and Wanda Mihuleac. 1 page.

Item 2: Card, 1997

Engraving by Wanda Miguleac  on a yellow board.

Item 3: Wanda Mihuleac, 1999

Wanda Mihuleac's biography note and handwritten note from Marius Ghica to Andrei Codrescu.

Item 4: M-as duce intr-un singur alt oras sa traiesc: la Paris, 2005

Copy of the interview with Marius Ghica from Ziua, October 17, 2005. 6 pages.

Series 4: The Visitor, 2007

Copy of Tudor Alexander's novel "The visitor" with a letter from Alex Duvan to Andrei Codrescu presenting the copy.

Item 1: The Visitor - a novel, 2007

Copy of Tudor Alexander's novel "The Visitor". 245 pages.

Item 2: November 18, 2007, 2007

Letter from Alex Duvan (pen name Tudor Alexander) to Andrei Codrescu presenting the novel "The Visitor".

Folder 37: Brauner, [2001]

Selection from Victor Brauner catalogue and an essay by Margaret Montagne.

Item 1: Victor Brauner: Surrealist Hieroglyphs, 2001

Printed catalogue plate selection from Victor Brauner: Surrealist Hieroglyphs. 13 pages.

Item 2: The Myth of the Double, 2001

" The Myth of the Double" - draft essay by Margaret Montagne. 27 pages with highlights and notes from Andrei Codrescu.

Item 3: Brauner's mysticism?, [2001]

Hanwritten notes by Andrei Codrescu on a page. Was found with the Margaret Montagne's essay. 1 page.

Item 4: Victor Brauner and the Surrealist Movement, 2001

"Victor Brauner and the Surrealist Movement" draft essay by Didier Semin. 43 pages with highlights and notes from Andrei Codrescu.

Folder 38: Femeia neagra a unui culcus de hoti, 2007

Copy of the volume "Femeia neagra a unui culcus de hoti".

Item 1: Andrei Codrescu - Femeia neagra a unui culcus de hoti, 2006

Printed manuscript of <span style="font-weight: bold;">"</span>Femeia neagra a unui culcus de hoti". 37 pages unmarked.

Item 2: Andrei Codrescu a facut poezii in aceasta carte, 2007

Copy of the intertextual manuscript of Codrescu created on Renata Pestani Botti's "L'alito eterna". 110 pages.

Item 3: Chestiuni legate destrict de manuscris, [2006]

Questions to and typed and handwritten answers from Andrei Codrescu about the manuscript. 7 pages.

Item 4: Andrei Codrescu Femeia neagr a unui culcu de ho i, 2007

Copy of Andrei Codrescu's "Femeia neagra a unui culcus de hoti". Letters with diacritics from the text were printed as blanks. 66 pages.

Item 5: Mss./Original "Femeia neagra a unui Culcus de Hoti", 2007

Folder that contained the materials related to the "Femeia neagra a unui culcus de hoti" volume.

Folder 39: The Empire of Affinity, 1994

Dav Stanciu's volume "The Empire of Affinity".

Item 1: The Empire of Affinity, 1994

Dav Stanciu's volume "The Empire of Affinity".  published by Sam Is That Press, 1994, Sasha Vlad and Zach Rogow. Translated from "Imperiul simpatiei", Cartea Romaneasca 1990. 20 pages unbounded. Copy 8 of the 20 copies published in this edition.Autographed presentation copy to Andrei Codrescu.

Folder 40: Catalogs - publishing houses, [200u]

Publishers' catalogs.

Item 1: Editura Polirom, 2004

Polirom Publishing House, Catalog for Spring 2004.

Item 2: Catalog Polirom Fictiune, 2004

Polirom publishing house catalog fiction for March-August 2004.

Item 3: Catalog Polirom Non Fictiune, 2004

Polirom publishing house catalog non-fiction March-August 2004 (Health, Medicine, Foreign languages, s.o.).

Item 4: Catalog Poliron Non-Fictiune (cont.), 2004

Polirom publishing house catalog non-fiction March-August 2004 (Humanities, Political Sciences, Media, Public relations, Religion, Business s.o. ).

Item 5: Editura Art primavara-vara 2008, 2008

The Spring - Summer 2008 catalog from Editura Art publishing house.

Folder 41: Catalogs and programs - exhibits, festivals, conferences, [200u]

Catalogs and programs from exhibits, festivals, conferences.

Item 1: Shining through a long dark night, [2008]

Film series "Shining through a long dark night" Romanian cinema: then + now, Lincoln Center - Walter Reade Theatre April 16-27, [2008]. Letter fom Romanian Cultural Institute New York enclosed.

Item 2: Calendar of Events RCINY, 2007

Romanian Cultural Institute New York, Calendar of Events, August - September 2007.

Item 3: Emil Florin Grama, undated

Presentation catalog with biography in Romanian and English for Emil Florin Grama.

Item 4: Zile si nopti de literature, 2008

The International Festival "Days and nights of literature" the Colloquim: "The Future of Literature, Literature of the Future" - The European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, June 07 - 11, 2008 Mangalia/Neptun, Romania.

Item 5: "Blossoming Roots" - Devis Grebu, undated

Catalog of Devis Grebu's work from National Art Muesum of China in English and Chinese.

Series 1: The International Festival Days and Nights of Literature, 2006

Materials related to The International Festival Days and Nights of Literature, September 15 -19, 2006 Mangalia/ Neptun / Constanta - Bucharest

Item 1: Festivalul International Zile si nopti de literatura, 2006

Catalog for the International Festival "Days and Nights of Literature" the Colloquium: "The chance of <small> literatures / What and how do we translate? What and how do we promote in the field of lierature?"

Item 2: Scriitori si editori participanti la editia a V-a, 2006

List with writers and publishers participants at The International Festival Days and Nights of Literature, 2006. 3 pages.

Item 3: Program, 2006

Program of The International Festival Days and Nights of Literature, 2006. 3 pages.

Item 7: Sasha Meret, 2007

Catalog for Sasha Meret  "The Artist's Eye, The Artists' Mind and other Portals" from Quacart Gallery, Beijing, China.

Item 8: UCA College of Fine Arts and communication, 2009

UCA College of Fine Arts & Communication Schedule of Events Spring 2009.

Folder 42: Posters, [200u]

Posters found in the collection.

Item 1: Dilema Veche / Dilemateca, 2005

Poster size front page of Dilema Veche "Manual de buna purtare pentru ministri" [nr. 98, December 2005.]

Item 2: Submarinul iertat, 2007

Poster for the book launching for Ruxabdra Cesereanu and Andrei codrescu's volume "Submarinul iertat" October 6, 2007 Art-Cafe.

Item 3: Andrei Codrescu miracol si catastrofa, 2006

Poster for Andrei Codrescu's presentation "Miracol si catastrofa" at Microsoft Conferences, 2006.