Letters to a writer: archival organization and research in the series correspondence of Odette de Barros Mott, at the Institute of Brazilian Studies at the University of São Paulo

• Grant number: 11/18169-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: January 01, 2012
• End date: December 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Brazilian Literature
• Principal Investigator: Marcos Antonio de Moraes
• Grantee: Raquel Afonso da Silva
• Host Institution: Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros (IEB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project aims at organizing and studying the Series Correspondence of Odette de Barros Mott (1913-1998), which belongs to the personal collection of the writer from Sao Paulo, and is preserved at the Institute for Brazilian Studies of the University of Sao Paulo. The research intends to especially focus on the letters from Odette Mott`s readers, investigating the importance of this correspondence for the writer`s literary creation and seeking a deeper knowledge of the reading perspectives of her interlocutors. The careful study of this collection of letters, to be compared with those addressed to other writers, shall contribute to widen the perception of the role of readers’ letters in the literary field, more specifically of the correspondence with authors of children`s literature in Brazil.