I. Georges Perec

Georges Perec: A Life in Words

Box 1

• folders 1–6: Correspondence with Harvill Press and various French publishers, 1989–1998
• folders 7–147: Correspondence and interview notes. Arranged alphabetically. A complete list of names is available.

Box 2

• folders 1–24: Notes and reports on research trips for Georges Perec: A Life in Words. Arranged by location or topic, dating from January 1988–March 1990.
• folders 25–34: Notes on specific elements of Perec's life. Includes: Baptism of Georges Perec; Belleville between 1920 and 1925; French history of and information on Peretz/Bienenfeld families; La ligne géneralé; Geographie de la France; Dossier scolaire/School dossier of Georges Perec; Lycée Henry IV; and Military service of Georges Perec.
• folders 35–40: General/miscellaneous notes for the Perec biography.
• folder 41: Audiotape cassettes of research on Georges Perec recorded during visits in Tunisia, Yugoslavia and France (5 items).
• folders 42–45: Notes relating to the composition of the biography, January, March and May 1990.
• folder 46: Notebooks on Perec.

Box 3

• folders 1–6: Notes and notebooks for Georges Perec: A Life in Words
• folder 7: Correspondence, 1989, about Georges Perec's lecture given at the University of Warwick, UK; photocopy of the lecture, May 1967.
• folders 8–12: Correspondence with publishers, etc., 1988–1993, about Georges Perec: A Life in Words.
• folder 13: Calendrier de la vie de Perec (original basic plan for Bellos's biography)
• folder 14: Georges Perec: A Life in Words. Early draft
• folders 15–17: Georges Perec: A Life in Words. Corrected proofs

Box 4

• folders 1–2: Georges Perec: A Life in Words. Corrected proofs, cont.
• folder 3–4: Ela Bienenfeld's notes on earliest version (early 1990).
• folder 5: Bianca Lamblin's corrections to part I of 1990 version
• folders 6–8: Bellos's notes on version I, 1990–1991
• folder 9: Problems and references
• folders 10–11: Bienenfeld, Ela. Correspondence, interview notes, photocopies of her correspondence, etc. in the University of Pennsylvania.
• folder 12: Binet, Catherine. Correspondence with Georges Perec, 1977—1981 (photocopies)
• folder 13: Binet, Catherine. Correspondence with Harry Mathews (photocopies of originals in the University of Pennsylvania)
• folder 14: Binet, Catherine. "La commande: ou project d'un voyage à W" (photocopy)
• folder 15: Binet, Catherine. "Vous sovenez–vous de Gaspard Winckler?" Film script about Georges Perec. Photocopy with autograph corrections and changes.
• folder 16: Binet, Catherine. Correspondence and interview notes with Bellos; "Film sur Georges Perec: Part I: Te souviens–tu de Gaspard Winckler? Part II: Vous sovenez–vous de Gaspard Winckler?"
• folder 17: Binet, Catherine. Audio cassettes of Catherine Binet talking about Georges Perec, and the errors in David Bellos's biography of Perec (7 items).
• folder 18: Binet, Catherine. Documents provided by Catherine Binet: Les jeux de la comtesse Dolingen de Gratz; Binet's c.v.; notes; correspondence with Bellos
• folders 19–24: Correspondence with publishers, etc. about Perec translations, ca. 1985–1996
• folder 25: Marie Chaix/Jacques Lederer/Laurant de Brunhoff correspondence, 1991, with Bellos
• folder 26: Mathews, Harry. Correspondence: Oct. 1988—June 1995; interview notes; parts of Harry Mathews's diary.

Box 5

• folders 1–2: Georges Perec: A Life in Words. Reviews

Writings, etc. by and about Georges Perec

Box 5

• folders 3–10: Photocopies of Georges Perec correspondence, 1957–1981.
• folder 11: Correspondence: Perec to Philippe Guerinat, 1956—1959, photocopies
• folder 12: Correspondence: Perec to Eugan Hemle, transcriptions
• folder 13: Correspondence: Perec with Johann M. Kamps, transcriptions
• folder 14: Notes and transcriptions of Georges Perec's letters to Jacques Lederer, 1954–1961 (edited versions of the letters have been published)
• folder 15: Martens, Michel. Card annotated by Georges Perec in black ink
• folders 16–24: "53 Jours." Photocopies of the manuscript and typescript drafts from Harry Mathews's copy of Perec's unfinished novel; Bellos's transcriptions and editing in preparation for the translation published as 53 Days (UK 1992, US 2002).
• folders 25–36: Copies of various writings by and about Perec:
• "L'Abominable Pardessus." Film by Georges Franju, adaptation and dialogues by G Perec
• "Alfred et Marie" Un film de Gérard Zingg, scénario et dialogues de Georges Perec
• "L'Attentat de Sarajevo." Incomplete
• "La bande magnétique." Film treatment
• "Le Bonheur" Unpublished article by Perec on the film by A. Varda
• Les choses
• "Les choses." Script for the movie adaptation of Perec's book and Les choses, screenplay, adaptation and dialogues by Raymond Bellour, Jean Maillaud, and Georges Perec
• Le condottiÃre
• "Ellis Island Revisted: Chronicles of vagrancy and hope," translated by Harry Mathews
• "Les Extraordinaires aventures de Monsieur Eveready." Unpublished script for radio serial (3 folders)

Box 6

• folders 1–33: Copies of various writings... (cont.)
• "Les Extraordinaires aventures de Monsieur Eveready," cont.
• "Le fou"
• "Georges Perec L'amateur d'art"
• Georges Perec — Australian Radio Programme (interview)
• Un homme qui dort — film script
• Der Kartoffelkessel, radio–adaptation
• KonzertstÃck (2 folders)
• Lieux d'une fugue (2 folders)
• "Les Lieux d'une ruse/About my analysis"
• Life: A User's manual, correspondence, 1985–1987
• Die Maschine (2 folders)
• Malédiction! Screenplay by Perec and Jean–Pierre Prévost
• Manderre
• Notes for films: "Le club," "Le prince Michel," "La couronne de Saint Mathias," "La coronne de fer"
• L'Oeil de l'Autre
• Plays, Pieces and Puzzles, photocopy
• Poetry by Georges Perec
• Quel petit vélo
• Radioscopie — Georges Perec (interview by Jacques Chancel)
• Signe particuler: NEANT (projet de long–métrage de fiction)
• "The Story of a Painting," translated by Bellos
• A tire d'aile, script for the film by Pascal Aubier, adaptation and dialogues by Georges Perec
• La vie privée, corrected proofs, incomplete
• Voyage d'hiver/The Winter Journey (2 folders)
• W ou le souvenir d'enfance (4 folders)
• "Wucherungen" German radio script, photocopy

Box 7

• folder 1: Miscellaneous short pieces by Perec
• folders 2–23: Miscellaneous Perec memorabilia, magazines, articles, art publications, etc. Included is a photocopy of Perec's elementary school notebook; book blurbs by Perec; two cigarillo boxes left by Georges Perec in photo session which resulted in a famous Perec and cat photograph; medical pamphlets of the sort Georges Perec dealt with as bibliographer of the CNRS LA 38; obituaries of Perec
• folders 24–30: Seven scrapbooks of Perec Press files

Box 8:

• folder 1: Perec Press (cont.). Inventory listings: 1) by date; 2) by scrapbook number; 3) by newspaper/magazine, and; 4) alphabetically by author
• folder 2: Copies of dust jackets for various Perec publications
• folders 3–26: Miscellaneous. Includes clippings, photocopies of articles, lecture notes, etc. Some relate to Perec, some do not. Arranged alphabetically by author or subject of the file.
• Includes:
• Abraham/Torok
• Appel du Silence
• Atelier de création radiophonique
• Ave de Segur
• Simone de Beauvoir. Reading notes
• Maurice Blanchot
• Georges Burnacks
• Les Doigts dan la Cassure
• Philippe Drogoz — L'enlevement, opera en cinq actes
• Sergei M. Eisenstein
• John Forbes
• Lucien Goldman, notes
• Alain Guerin "Le bon depart" Notes
• Hamon/Rotman "Génération, les anées de Rêve"
• E.A.J. Honigmann article on autobiography, New York Review, Dec. 7, 1989
• Jean–Noel Jeanneney
• Franz Kafka: translation history, notes
• Milan Kundera. TLS review, June 24, 1988
• Helen Lane. Notes
• Henri Lefebvre. Notes
• Christine Lipinska. Clipping
• G. Lukács translations. Notes
• Clara Malraux, Atlan
• Patricia Molteni
• folder 27: Bellos correspondence with Random House publishers, 2002–2003. Email printouts

II. Translations of other authors

Box 8

• Kadare, Ismail
• folder 28: The Great Wall. First draft of translation; printout; copy–edited galleys (two sets)
• folder 29: The Successor. First draft of translation
• folder 30: The Successor. Late draft with some corrections by Bellos in pencil
• folder 31: The Successor. Bellos's responses to copy–editor; corrected galleys
• folder 32: Clippings about Kadare and reviews of his works.
• Vargas, Fred
• folder 33: Seeking Whom He May Devour. Bellos's notes.
• folder 34–35: Seeking Whom He May Devour. First version of translation, heavily corrected

III. Miscellaneous

Box 8

• folder 36: Miscellaneous articles, etc. written by Bellos for The New York Review of Books
• folder 37: Clippings of reviews of various books written by Bellos

List of correspondents

• Archinaud, Mireille
• Aubier, Pascal
• Baratto, Franca Trentin
• Baruk, Stella
• Baudelot, Christian
• Benabou, Marcel
• Bellour, Raymond
• Benoit Mayo, France
• Benoit-Levy, Jacqueline
• Besis, Pierre
• Binet, Olivier
• Bober, Robert
• Boni, Paolo and Cuchi White
• Bourgeade, Pierre
• Bourgois, Christian
• Brunhoff, Marie Claude and Ann de
• Brunhoff, Laurent de
• Buffard, Dennis
• Burgelin, Claude
• Calvino, Esther
• Čanak-Medić, Milka
• Carlinski, Alberto
• Čavić, Dejan
• Čelić, Stojan
• Chaker, M'hamed
• Chambers, Ros
• Chavransky, Henri
• Čolak-Antić, Vojin
• Contat, Michel
• Corneau, Alain
• Coupfermann, Emile
• Crespi, Henri
• Crubellier, Jean
• Cuvelier, Marcel
• Danciè, Christine
• Debray, Regis
• Dem'uzan, Michel
• Desanti, Dominique
• Dessau, Frèdèric
• Drogoz, Philippe
• Duprè, Georges
• Duvigneaud, Jean
• Etcheverry, Julian
• Faure, Jean-Paul
• Fejtö, François
• Fezzani, Amor
• Fournel, Paul
• Freadman, Ann
• Frischer, Dominique
• Georges, Michelle
• Getzler, Pierre
• Gibson, Richard
• Gotlieb in G. Lenne. "Je me souviens du cinema"
• Groffsky, Maxine
• Grumberg, Jean-Claude
• Guerin, Alain
• Guerinat, Huguette
• Guitaut, Jacqueline
• Gautier, Henry
• Helmlè, Eugen
• Henneberg, Claus
• Henrion
• Howard, Richard
• Hugelin, Andrè — Perec in the Lab
• Jaulin, Bernard
• Javoršek, Joe
• Jemmali, Ridha
• Joly, Jacques
• Jousse, Michel
• Jousse, Pierette
• Kaplan, Leslie
• Kaplan, Simone
• Klarsfeld, Serge
• Klippert, Werner
• Kleman, Roger
• Koupernik, Cyrille
• Lalonde, Brice
• Lamblin, Bianca
• Landes, David
• Lederer, Jacques
• Lefèbvre, Henri
• Lescure, Jean
• Lieberman, Olive
• Lipinska, Anne
• Lipinska, Christine
• Lipinska, Suzanne
• Loridan, Marceline
• Mailland, Jean
• Mangolte, Babette
• Manheim, Kate
• Marcennac, Bruno (Mathieu)
• Martens, Michel
• Maspero, François
• Mechri, Kmar
• Menchari, Leïla
• Mestre, Christine
• Mikašinović, Branko
• Mirabel, Bernard
• Moaty, Francis
• Molinard, Patrice
• Morin, Edgar
• Morris, Megan
• Nadeau, Maurice
• Naunim, M. A.
• Obaldia, Renè de
• Oleder/ P/C / Genre Humain
• Otchakovsky-Laurens, Paul
• Paris, Jean
• Percheron, Daniel
• Perec, Paulette
• Peretz, Henri
• Peretz, Uriel
• Perriault, Jacques
• Petrović, Zoran
• Pontalis, J.-B.
• Poulloux, Jean-Yves
• Prèvost, Jean-Pierre
• Queysanne, Bernard
• Quillet, Bernard
• Rabin, Jean-François
• Rappeneau, Jean-Paul
• Raynaud, Jean
• Richardson, Sylvia
• Robbe-Grillet, Alain
• Rosenzweig, Luc
• Roubaud, Jacques
• Rousseau, Marie-Claude
• Rybalka, Michel
• Sergent, Jean-Pierre
• Serreau, Coline
• Servières, Jacques
• Srbinović, Mladen
• Stanojević, Staša
• Szulevicz, Anne/Jacques
• Thibault, Marie-Noelle
• Trutat, Alain
• Vidal-Naquet, Pierre
• Vidović, arko
• Virilio, Paul
• Zghal, Abelkader
• Zingg, Gèrard