Alfredo A. Roggiano
Alfredo A. Roggiano (* 1919 in Chivilcoy ; † October 27, 1991 in Pittsburgh ) was an American poet, Romance writer and Hispanist of Argentinian origin.
life and work
Roggiano received his PhD from the Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1945 . After a research stay in Madrid, he taught at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán . In 1955 he went to the United States and became director of the International Institute of Iberoamerican Literature / Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana, as well as editor of the Revista Iberoamericana . From 1963 to 1984 he taught as a professor of Spanish at the University of Pittsburgh , where he established the Revista Iberoamericana , which he supervised until his death. He died as a Distinguished Professor Emeritus.
Roggiano was an Honorary Doctor of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (1988). At the University of Pittsburgh, an award and foundation bear his name.
Works
- (Ed.) Manuel López Lorenzo, Una Venganza feliz. Una Obra desconocida del teatro hispano-americano , Mexico 1958
- Pedro Henríquez Ureña en los Estados Unidos , Mexico 1961
- (Ed.) 40 inquisiciones sobre Borges , Pittsburg 1977 (Revista Iberoamericana 43, 100/101)
- (Ed.) Octavio Paz , Madrid 1979
- (Ed. With Keith McDuffie) Texto-Contexto en la literatura iberoamericana , Madrid 1981
- Pedro Henríquez Ureña en México , Mexico 1989
- Prisión o transparencia , Córdoba (Arg.) 1990 (poetry)
literature
- Movimientos literarios del siglo XX en Iberoamerica. Teoria y practica. Número especial dedicado a Alfredo A. Roggiano en sus veinticinco años como director de la Revista Iberoamericana , ed. by Alberto Blasi, Pittsburgh 1982 (Revista Iberoamericana 48, 118/119)
- Homenaje a Alfredo A. Roggiano. En este aire de America , ed. by Keith McDuffie, Pittsburgh 1990
- Keith McDuffie, [Obituary], in: Hispanic Review 60, 1992, pp. 523-528
- Luis Sáinz de Medrano , En recuerdo de Alfredo A. Roggiano, in: Actas del XXIX congreso del Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana, Barcelona 15-19 de junio de 1992 , ed. by Joaquín Marco Revilla, Vol. 1, 1994, pp. 117-118
Web links
- Literature by and about Alfredo A. Roggiano in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- http://www.hispanic.pitt.edu/iili/roggiano.html (short biography in Spanish with picture)
- http://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/data/701907977 (short biography in English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Roggiano, Alfredo A. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American poet, Romanist, and Hispanist of Argentine descent |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1919 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chivilcoy |
DATE OF DEATH | October 27, 1991 |
Place of death | Pittsburgh |