Posts tagged with literature

A second batch of materials for the Marcelo Mirisola Papers archive has arrived at the University of Michigan Library.

It is with pride and excitement that we announce the acquisition of the Marcelo Mirisola Papers – an archival collection that comprises 5 boxes of materials produced in the Portuguese language by renowned Contemporary Brazilian author Marcelo Mirisola during the first 15 years of his writing career (1989–2004).

One of the most popular literary genres in Ladino was the detective novel. This genre first emerged in Western Europe in the nineteenth century. Published in 2014, Julie Scolnik's study, Nat Pinkerton: Diez Novelas Policíacas en Lengua Sefaradí, examines a set of Ladino detective novels and offers Spanish translations, which make them more accessible to contemporary readers and scholars.

Many consider Ladino, the traditional vernacular of Sephardi Jews, a dead language. However, the growing interest in the language and its culture creates opportunities to learn more about it and even read some of its literature. Recently added to the catalog, Ladino novels originally published in the 1930s and now reprinted in new editions provide a glimpse into the fascinating world of Sephardi Jews in the 20th century.