The Mirisola Mirisola Papers collection consists of 5 boxes and comprises materials produced during the first 15 years of his career (1989 – 2004). An inventory of the collection was made available by the author.
Born in São Paulo in 1966 from parents of Italian descent, Marcelo Mirisola is an acclaimed contemporary Brazilian author with more than twenty books published since his 1998 debut. Mirisola is known for his scatological, innovative, and comic writing style, and for his ingenious interplay between autobiography and fiction. His literary influences are broad and include John Fante, Henry Miller, Charles Bukowski, Philip Roth, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Georges Bataille, Thomas Bernhard, Marcia Denser, Dalton Trevisan, and the Bible, among others. His literary production includes short stories, novels, chronicles, and theater pieces. Mirisola is also a regular presence in the most important Brazilian newspapers (such as Folha de São Paulo and Estado de São Paulo) and magazines (such as Vip and Cult). He has also written for some prestigious online outlets (such as the Brazilian branch of Yahoo and the political site Congresso em Foco).
The collection is divided into six series. The first series, "First Drafts" includes short stories, screenplays, and chronicles written between 1991 and 1995 when the author resided in Balneário Camburiú, SC, and in Santos, SP.
The second series, "Period 1998-2000" includes original and draft texts that became the book Fátima fez os pés para mostrar na choperia (1998), correspondence with Maria Rita Khel, draft texts intended for the novel Tereza para amanhã (unpublished), which later developed into the book of short stories O herói devolvido (2000),the original version of O herói devolvido, and the original and draft texts of the short story "Rio pantográfico" (2001).
The third series, "O azul do filho morto" includes first drafts and versions of what became the novel O azul do filho morto (2002), receipt with the author's address at the time, reviews of the book in newspapers, and an invitation to the book release party.
The fourth series, "Bangalo and Joana a Contragosto" contains first drafts and studies of what became the novel Bangalô, published by Editora 34 in 2003, as well as first drafts and studies of what became the novel Joana a contragosto, published by Editora Record in 2005.
The fifth series "Miscellanea" contains materials pertaining to Acajú, a novel intended to be published in the magazine Revista Cult, first drafts of the novel Animais em extinção (2008), and drafts of the book of short-stories O banquete (2003).
The final series, "Hemeroteca" includes literary reviews published in major newspapers on the occasion of the release of O Azul do Filho Morto, a column in the satirical/sensationalist newspaper PQP (first text Marcelo Mirisola ever published), newspapers and magazines with reviews, synopses and interviews with the author, and newspapers and magazines with reviews by Mirisola.
