Craig Nova Papers
Content Description
The collection includes drafts and final published editions of Craig Nova's novels and other writings, as well as personal papers related to being an author, such as contracts, correspondence with agents.
Dates
- 1972 - 2023
Creator
- Nova, Craig (1945) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the creators of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Biographical / Historical
Craig Nova is the award-winning author of eleven novels. His writing has appeared inEsquire, The Paris Review, The New York Times Magazine, and Men's Journal, among others. His novels have been translated into ten languages. He has also written scripts for Touchstone Films and Behavior.
Craig taught creative writing at UNC Greensboro. In 2005 he was named Class of 1949 Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
Extent
64.50 Linear Feet (43 record boxes and a typewriter.)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Abstract
Craig Nova is the award-winning author of eleven novels. His writing has appeared in Esquire, The Paris Review, The New York Times Magazine, and Men's Journal, among others. His novels have been translated into ten languages. He has also written scripts for Touchstone Films and Behavior. Nova taught creative writing at UNC Greensboro. In 2005 he was named Class of 1949 Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
The collection includes drafts and final published editions of Craig Nova's novels and other writings, as well as personal papers related to being an author, such as contracts, correspondence with agents.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Initial 3 boxes of collection purchased, May 2018. Bulk of collection donated by Craig Nova, May 2023.
Physical Description
137 document boxes, 1 record center box, and a typewriter.
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Processing Information
Processed by Patrick Dollar, December 2023. Finding aid data entered by Nils Skudra, December 2023.
- Title
- Craig Nova Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Nils Skudra and Patrick Dollar
- Date
- November 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository