Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1970-2024 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
25 boxes (9.5 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Beatriz Hausner is a poet, translator, editor, and librarian. Hausner was born in Santiago, Chile in 1958; she moved with her family to Toronto in 1971, where she studied French and Spanish literature at the University of Toronto. Hausner has published several poetry collections, including She Who Lies Above (2023); Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart (2020); Enter the Raccoon (2012); Sew Him Up (2010); and The Wardrobe Mistress (2003). Her work has been translated into Dutch, French, Greek, and Spanish. Hausner has also translated the works of various poets, often focusing her attention on surrealism. These include the works of César Moro, Rosamel del Valle, Enrique Gómez-Correa, Jorge Cáceres, Aldo Pellegrini, among others. Hausner was greatly influenced by her mother, artist Susana Wald, and stepfather, poet Ludwig Zeller; she often translated Zeller’s poetry. Hausner was a publisher at Quattro Books, was President of the Literary Translator’s Association of Canada, and lead the Public Lending Right Commission as its Chair. Hausner also worked at the Toronto Reference Library for several decades, eventually returning to graduate school to get her Master of Information from the University of Toronto to work as a librarian.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Beatriz Hausner, 2024.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This fonds consists of manuscripts, email correspondence, and promotional material generated from Hausner’s work as a poet, including feedback and promotional material related to Enter the Racoon (2012) and Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart (2020), manuscripts of She Who Lies Above (2023) spanning from its early conception to its publication; correspondence and manuscripts from Hausner’s parents, Susana Wald and Ludwig Zeller; extensive email correspondence from artists and surrealists, records related to literary activities and events such as readings, festivals, and conferences; email correspondence and manuscripts from Hausner’s editorial work at various publications and publishers; records related to Hausner’s employment at the Toronto Reference Library; juvenilia, early academic papers, personal correspondence, and other personal records; and notebooks and agendas.
Contains series:
- Manuscripts and related records
- Susana Wald and Ludwig Zeller records
- Correspondence
- Professional records
- Personal and academic records
- Notebooks and agendas
- Restricted material
- Periodicals and books
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
All files are open with the exception of the following:
Box 7
Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://aeon.library.utoronto.ca
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
English
French
Spanish