mss081C Leonard Lewisohn collection of Robert Bly poetry translation materials, 1990-1992, 2002-2003, 2008-2009 Ann Mulfort University of Minnesota Libraries April 2010
University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455
EAD encoding by Ann Mulfort, April 2010 Finding aid in English Lewisohn, Leonard Leonard Lewisohn collection of Robert Bly poetry translation materials 1990-1992, 2002-2003, 2008-2009 University of Minnesota Libraries. Literary Manuscripts Collection, Manuscripts Division. [mss] 0.1 cubic feet (4 folders, 2 compact discs) This collection contains audio recordings of a 2002 London reading of Persian poetry in translation by poet and translator Robert Bly, correspondence regarding publishing the recordings, and posters of various Bly readings. In addition, there is a 2008 edition of Shokaran, a literary magazine published in Tehran, Iran, devoted entirely to Bly's poetry. Mss 81C English and Persian Mezzanine, Audiovisual vault Administrative Information Restrictions on Access

Materials are open to research without restriction. Permission to examine this collection will be granted to any qualified researcher upon completion of an application form. The original documents do not circulate and may only be used in the Reading Room of the Archives and Special Collections.

 Restrictions on Use

Copyright retained by the creator. The publication of any research regarding the 2002 London recording of Robert Bly reading poetry in translation has specific restrictions. Please see the archivist for further information.

 Preferred Citation

Leonard Lewisohn collection of Robert Bly poetry translation materials (Mss 81C), Literary Manuscripts Collection, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.

 Acquisition

Collection was donated by the collector in 2009.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed and the finding aid written by Ann Mulfort in 2010.

 Arrangement

The files are arranged alphabetically.

 Biographical Note

Leonard Lewisohn is a Lecturer and Iran Heritage Foundation Fellow in Persian and Sufi Literaure at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. He has written widely on Persian poetry, and collaborated with Robert Bly to publish Angels knocking on the tavern door : thirty poems of Hafez (Harper Collins, 2008).

 Scope and Content Note

This collection contains two compact discs of Robert Bly's 2002 London reading of Hafez and Rumi poetry in translation, as well as correspondence documenting the ultimately unsuccessful efforts to publish the recording in the United Kingdom. In addition, there are poster advertisements from various Bly readings, and a photograph of Bly reading Rumi and Hafez poetry in 1992. There is also a 2008 edition of Shokaran, a literary magazine published in Tehran, Iran, devoted entirely to Bly's poetry, translated into Persian.

 Related Material

For information about Robert Bly in other collections held at the University of Minnesota Libraries; Manuscripts Division, see: Robert Bly papers (Mss 81), Carol Bly Papers (Mss 79), and James Wright Papers (Mss 66). In addition, an online presentation of some materials in the Robert Bly papers can be found here: Robert Bly Revealed.

 Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Bly, Robert Lewisohn, Leonard Correspondence Sound recordings Poetry--Translating Poets Translators Detailed Contents

The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the collection.

1 2 2002 Persian reading in London and grant proposal, 2002-2003 1 3 Posters of readings in London and San Francisco, 1990-1991, 2003 1 4 Robert Bly reading at George Washington University, 1992 CD 1 Robert Bly reading Rumi, Part 1, November 25, 2002 CD 1 Robert Bly reading Hafiz, Part 2, November 25, 2002 1 5 Shokaran literary magazine, 2008-2009