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| Creator: | Navarre, Yves |
| Title: | Yves Navarre Literary Manuscripts and Letters, 1959-1982 |
| Accession: | 1995-0005R |
| Shelf location: | Annex |
| Provenance: | Gift of John Robert Kaiser, 1995 |
| Extent: | 4 cubic feet |
| Repository: | Pennsylvania State University, University Libraries, Special Collections Library |
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Yves Navarre Literary Manuscripts and Letters, 1959-1982, Accession 1995-0005R, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Special Collections Library, University Libraries, Pennsylvania State University.
The collection is organized into two series: Personal and Work.
Arranged alphabetically by series and thereunder by type of work (novels, plays, poems, etc.), then by title of the work.
Yves Henri Michel Navarre, French novelist and playwright, was born 24 September 1940 in Condom, Gascony, France. He earned degrees in Spanish, English, and modern literature from the Universite de Lille III in 1961 and 1964 and attended Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord in 1964. Navarre died of an overdose of barbiturates in Paris, France, on 24 January 1994.
He began submitting manuscripts for publication in 1958 and his first novel, Lady Black, was published in 1971, followed by Evolene (1972), Les Loukoums (1973), and others each year through 1984 when he suffered a stroke. He resumed publishing in 1986 until 1991. Navarre received France's top literary award, the Concourt Prize in 1980 for Le Jardin d'Acclimatation (The Zoological Garden) and in 1992 the Academie Francaise Prize for the body of his work.
Navarre is noted for "his treatment of mature themes, including homosexual relations, spiritual imprisonment, and the mystical qualities of love. His approach to such topics is formal rather than sensationalized." He told Contemporary Authors that his "novel Biographie is the key to all my other novels and plays."
The collection consists primarily of holograph and typescript manuscripts for some of Navarre's published and unpublished novels and plays and photocopied newspaper clippings about Navarre and his work, plus poems, a pamphlet, a film script, a few programs and posters for some of his plays, photographs of Navarre (including nudes) at home and on vacation, and letters to John Robert Kaiser, Penn State librarian, who solicited the manuscripts from the author. The manuscripts represent his output from 1970 to 1976 while the letters from friends and publishers range from 1959-1982 and those to Kaiser range from 1973 to 1982.
These materials are indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Pennsylvania State University. Researchers wishing to find related materials should search the catalog under these index terms.
Navarre, Yves, 1940- -- Archives
Navarre, Yves, 1940- -- Portraits
Gay men's writings, French
Clippings
Diaries
French drama
French fiction
French poetry
Manuscripts for publication
Photographs
Personal Series, 1959-1982.
Box 3
Folders 3-7
Personal clippings and articles mentioning Navarre, 1972-1980
Box 3
Folder 8
Interviews, 1974-1978
Box 3
Folders 9-10
Public appearances, 1975-1980
Box 3
Folders 11-12
TV appearances, 1975-1980
Box 3
Folder 13
Union for writers, 1975-1979
Box 3
Folder 14
Universite d'ete homosexuelle a Marseilles, 1979
Box 3
Folder 15
Cinema festivals, 1975-1980
Box 3
Folder 2
Bibliographical notes by John Robert Kaiser
Box 4
Folder 27
Bibliography note cards
Box 3
Folder 1
Biographical questionnaire by John Robert Kaiser
Box 1
Folder 1
Diary, Tipota, 1972 Sept.
Box 1
Folder 2
Letters from friends and publishers, 1959-1973
Box 1
Folder 3
Letters and postcards (in English) to John Robert Kaiser, 1973-1982
Box 1
Folder 4
Letters to Leo Pile, 1972
Box 1
Folder 5
Photographs and slides (black-and-white and color) of Navarre, his friends, his surroundings
Box 1
Folder 6
Photographs, black-and-white portraits and studio shots of Navarre, and color candid snapshots
Box 1
Folder 7
Negatives, black-and-white nudes of Navarre
Works, 1969-1981
Box 3
Folders 16-17
Articles in newspapers and magazines (clippings), 1971-1980
Box 3
Folder 18
Septentrion (clippings), 1974-1980
Box 3
Folder 19
Variations Chromatiques (clippings), 1976
Box 2
Folder 19
Notes on books and poems
Box 1
Folders 8-9
Abel Devilsworth
Box 3
Folders 25-26
Le Coeur qui Cogne (clippings), 1974-1980
Box 1
Folders 10-12
Drummond, 1973 February - 1976 October
Box 1
Folder 13
Evolene
Box 3
Folder 27
Evolene (clippings), 1971-1974
Box 3
Folders 28-31
Le Jardin d'acclimatation (clippings), 1980 July - November 18
Box 4
Folders 1-4
Le Jardin d'acclimatation (clippings), 1980 November 20 - 1981 February
Box 4
Folder 5
Je Vis ou Je Me Attache (clippings), 1978-1980
Box 4
Folder 6
Killer (clippings), 1975, 1980
Box 1
Folders 14-16
Kurwenal
Box 4
Folder 7
Kurwenal (clippings), 1977-1980
Box 4
Folder 8
Lady Black (clippings), 1971-1977
Box 1
Folders 17-18
Lorsque le Soleil Tombe
Box 1
Folder 19
Le Valet de Mort (first version of Les Loukoums)
Box 1
Folder 20
Les Loukoums
Box 4
Folder 9
Les Loukoums (clippings), 1973-1979
Box 4
Folder 10
Niagarak (clippings), 1976
Box 1
Folders 21-22
Le Petit Galopin de Nos Corps, 1976 June - August
Box 4
Folder 11
Le Petit Galopin de Nos Corps (clippings), 1977-1979
Box 4
Folder 13
Portrait de Julien Devant la Fenetre (clippings), 1979-1980
Box 2
Folder 1
Satanese Hotel
Box 2
Folders 2-3
Sin-king City, 1971 October - November
Box 2
Folder 4
Le Souper des Loups
Box 4
Folder 14
Le Temps Voulu (clippings), 1979-1980
Box 2
Folder 5
Un Village a la Place du Coeur
Box 2
Folder 6
Lettre ouverte a une republique de Pantouflards, 1972 September
Box 2
Folder 7
Champagne
Box 4
Folder 16
Les Dernieres Clientes (clippings), 1977-1979
Box 4
Folder 17
Dialogue de Sourdes (clippings), 1975-1980
Box 2
Folder 8
Freaks Society
Box 4
Folder 18
Freaks Society (clippings), 1974-1980
Box 4
Folder 15
General clippings, 1976, 1978
Box 4
Folder 19
La Guerre des Piscines (The Swimming Pool War) (clippings), 1975-1979
Map case RBR-H
Folder 14
Histoire d'Amour (poster)
Box 4
Folder 20
Histoire d'Amour (clippings), 1976-1977
Box 2
Folder 9
Panier de Plumes
Box 2
Folder 10
Il Pleut si on Tuait Papa, Maman
Box 2
Folder 11
Il Pleut si on Tuait Papa, Maman (scene 1-9); The True Story of Shanghai Lily; La Voleuse de Bigoudis
Box 4
Folder 12
Il Pleut si on Tuait Papa, Maman (clippings), 1973-1980
Box 4
Folder 21
Plum Parade (clippings), 1975-1978
Box 2
Folder 12
Pretty Toys of Liberty, 1970
Box 2
Folder 13
September Song
Box 4
Folder 22
Theatre 1 (clippings), 1974
Box 4
Folder 23
Theatre 2 (clippings), 1976-1977
Box 2
Folder 14
Theatre in Memoriam Pantalon; Freaks Society acte III; Dialogue de Sourdes
Box 4
Folder 24
Les Valises (clippings), 1973, 1979
Box 2
Folder 15
La Voleuse de Bigoudis, 1973 January
Box 4
Folder 25
La Voleuse de Bigoudis (clippings), 1974
Box 3
Folder 24
Musical recordings (clippings), 1974
Box 4
Folder 26
Poems, 1980
Box 2
Folder 20
Programs for Les Dernieres Clientes, Freaks Society, La Guerre des Piscines; poster for Freaks Society, 1969, 1976-1978
Box 3
Folder 20
La Madame des Sleepings (clippings), 1975-1976
Box 2
Folder 18
Les Petits Plaisirs, 1974 December - 1975 January
Box 3
Folder 21
Les Petits Plaisirs (clippings), 1974-1978
Box 3
Folder 22
Le Troisieme Cri (clippings), 1974-1975
Box 2
Folder 21
Audio cassette of Navarre reciting his work