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[Letter to Dom Sylvester Houedard 26 July 63] / De Campos, Augusto; Finlay IH; Pignatari D; DeCampos H; Roth D; Mallarme S., 1963

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Identifier: CC-14893-15206

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Scope and Contents

DeCampos provides a brief discussion of his first meeting with Gomringer in his first communication with Houedard. He thanks Houedard for sending him typogrammes..."very interesting as studies of form though I personally prefer always to use the semantical element." States that both Gomringer and his group began from the same starting point, i.e., Mallarme's the throw of the dice, "the threshold of new poetry." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1963

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 letter (typed)) ; 27 x 21 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

box shelf

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

General: Title provided by Marvin or Ruth Sackner. Published: Sao Paulo, Brazil : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: Augusto [De Campos] (l.r.). Nationality of creator: Brazilian. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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