Prague / AMD,152,102
“One hundred and sixty-two boxes, or physical units as we call them, have been digitized, including 1,974 photographs, 14,352 documents, 114 negatives, 109 photolithographs, 46 videos, 68 cassettes with which people will be able to listen to the voice of the writer, and many more files”, tells Traveler Xavier Ortega , director of the Miguel Delibes Foundation and director of the project.
It is a unique opportunity to sneak into the life journey of the Spanish novelist and academic, author of great works such as The Holy Innocents, The shadow of the cypress is long, The dethroned prince or Five hours with Mario. “Heritage is not only museums, but also papers and documents to be preserved and disseminated ”, defends Ortega.
Miguel Delibes in Paris / AMD,125,114
Among this vast amount of information, which will be available to the public through the foundation's website from May 4, we can find family photographs of Delibes's travels: the landscapes of Sedano, your Burgos refuge , escapes by Europe or images of his time as a visiting professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Maryland in the United States . "This archive is a journey through the personal and professional life of Miguel Delibes, not only as a writer but also as a teacher and journalist," Ortega explains to Traveler. His universe at a click, a luxury.
Miguel Delibes in New York / AMD,125,237