Margarita Lymberaki Papers

Αρχείο Μαργαρίτας Λυμπεράκη


COLLECTION OVERVIEW - ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗΣΗ ΣΥΛΛΟΓΗΣ

Collection Number: GR ASCSA GL ML 117
Name(s) of Creator(s): Margarita Lymberaki - Μαργαρίτα Λυμπεράκη (1919-2001)
Title: Margarita Lymberaki Papers - Αρχείο Μαργαρίτας Λυμπεράκη
Date [bulk]: 1939-2001
Date [inclusive]:
Language(s): Greek, French, English, German
Summary: The collection consists of correspondence (family, personal and professional), literary manuscripts and typescripts, notebooks and loose handwritten notes, drawings, photographs (in albums, loose and in frames), sound and video recordings, printed material relating to their work, offprints, books, and press cuttings.
Quantity: 5 linear meters
Immediate Source of Acquisition: Gift of Konstantinos Moralis, 2015
Information about Access: Restricted access. Please consult the Archivist.
Cite As: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Archives, Margarita Lymberaki Papers (Αμερικανική Σχολή Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα, Τμήμα Αρχείων, Αρχείο Μαργαρίτας Λυμπεράκη).
Notes: The collection was partly processed and catalogued by Maria Papadaki, 2016 (Series I to VII). The rest of the material (Series VIII-XI and additions to the first seven series) was processed and catalogued by Eleftheria Daleziou, 2020.

For more information, please contact the Archives at:
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens
54 Souidias Street, Athens 106 76, Greece
Phone: 213 000 2400 (ext. 425)
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE - ΒΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟ ΣΗΜΕΙΩΜΑ

Margarita Lymberaki (1919-2001), neé Fexi, studied Law at the University of Athens.  After her divorce from George Karapanos in 1946 she spent large periods of her life in Paris where she was influenced by post-war European literary movements; she also befriended philosophers Kornelios Kastoriadis and Kostas Axelos, poet Odysseus Elytis, and author Albert Camus. She is best known for her novel The Straw Hats (Τα ψάθινα καπέλα), first published in 1946.


SCOPE AND CONTENT - ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ ΕΝΟΤΗΤΩΝ

SERIES I - ΕΝΟΤΗΤΑ Ι: ΜΥΘΙΣΤΟΡΗΜΑΤΑ

SERIES II - ΕΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΙΙ: ΘΕΑΤΡΟ

SERIES III - ΕΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΙΙΙ: ΣΕΝΑΡΙΑ

SERIES IV - ΕΝΟΤΗΤΑ IV: ΠΑΡΑΣΤΑΣΕΙΣ

SERIES V - ΕΝΟΤΗΤΑ V: ΑΔΗΜΟΣΙΕΥΤΑ ΕΡΓΑ

SERIES VI - ΕΝΟΤΗΤΑ VI: ΤΥΠΟΣ

SERIES VII - ENOTHTA VII: ΠΟΙΚΙΛΑ

SERIES VIII - ENOTHTA VIII: ΑΛΛΗΛΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ

SERIES IX - ENOTHTA XI: ΣΗΜΕΙΩΣΕΙΣ