Postal/view card from M. Barnet to H. W. Henze, October 5, 1981

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Oct. 5/1981

681.– Sevilla

Brother: It sounds
incredible, but I am here
in Europe again.* 12 years
after we met.* I am now in
Spain and will be in Frankfurt
from the 10th to the 20th. I
will want to share at least
one minute with you.* Please
contact me at the Book Fair in
Surkhamp[sic] Verlag * or phone me
there. I have mixed feelings and
expectation to
see you.
Need to see you.
Brother, our friendship is
young. I feel it.

Miguel Barnet

Hans Werner Henze
Via La Leprara 0047
Marino
Roma
Italia

Dep. leg. B. 9.226-1977


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Elena Minetti
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Elena Minetti; Joachim Veit

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  • Text Source: Basel (Schweiz), Paul Sacher Stiftung (CH-Bps), Sammlung Hans Werner Henze, Abteilung: Korrespondenz
    Shelf mark: Barnet, Miguel

    Physical Description

    • Document type: Postal/view card
    • Material

    • Dichtes Papier für Ansichtskarte
    • Extent

    • 1 folio
    • 1 written page
    • Dimensions: 103x149 [mm] (HxW)
    • Layout

    • Oben links auf der Vorderseite eingedruckt “681. – SEVILLA”, in der Mitte um 90° gedreht zwischen 2 Linien: “Ed. Beascoa”, rechts unter der Ortlinie: “Dep. leg. B. 9.226-1977”
    • Die Karte ist von Barnet schräg um ca. 15° nach links gedreht beschrieben, die letzten Zeilen und die Grußformel gehen immer weiter in den Adressenbereich, seine Unterschrift steht unter dem Eintrag “ITALIA”;

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  • "Surkhamp"sic

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  • "… am here in Europe again."The correspondence shows that Barnet was already in Europe a few years earlier, at least from May to July 1978. He mentions this trip to Russia and Estland in his letter on 3 January 1979. From 1978, Barnet was able to obtain permission from the Cuban government to travel, after seven years of not being able to travel or even publish, due to his support for Padilla in the “Padilla Affair”, in 1971.
  • "… 12 years after we met."Henze and Barnet had first met in Cuba in March 1969.
  • "… least one minute with you."Barnet and Henze failed to meet during Barnet’s trip to Germany, but they had arranged their next meeting a few months later, in May 1982. See Barnet’s following letter on 14 January 1982.
  • "… Book Fair in Surkhamp Verlag"Suhrkamp published Barnet’s El Cimarrón and La Canción de Rachel in German translation. In particular, in 1981, Suhrkamp published Barnet’s book Alle träumten von Cuba, the German translation of Gallego. Barnet sent a copy of this book to Henze (now kept in Henze’s library in Detmold) and wrote “To my brother in years and emotions, Hans Werner with a love that will grow everyday and more. Yours, M Barnet”.
  • [Stamp (round)]SEVILLA (40)
    5. OCT. 81
    EN LAS POBLACIONES
    DISTRITO POSTAL
    PONGA EL NUMERO DE

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    ESPANA
    CORREOS
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  • [Figure Description]Photo of Spain’s King Juan Carlos I, in purple.
  • [Figure Description]Three images: on the left a building, probably a church; in the large oval on the right above, a palace with pond; and below, a small panoramic view of the city of Seville.

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