Eduarda Mansilla y Victor Hugo: un breve intercambio epistolar marcando los inicios de la literatura francófona de Argentina

Abstract

Argentine francophone literature originates with Eduarda Mansilla’s novel Pablo ou la vie dans les Pampas, published in 1869; the author forwards a copy to Victor Hugo, generating a brief correspondence. In this article, we both present and analyze an unpublished letter by Eduarda Mansilla, addressed to Victor Hugo. Furthermore, we compare it to Victor Hugo‘s answer to confirm the existence of a letter exchange between the authors. The relevance of this entwine lies in the fact that Mansilla and Victor Hugo are two central literary figures around which revolve the Argentine francophone literature; a literature yet to be explored.

Keywords

• Eduarda Mansilla
• Victor Hugo
• Argentina francophone literature
• cor-res¬pondence
• correspondance
• Pablo ou la vie dans les Pampas