Ana María Barrenechea

Ana María Barrenechea (born March 6, 1913 in Buenos Aires ; † October 4, 2010 ibid) was an Argentine Romance and Hispanicist .

life and work

Anita Barrenechea studied with Amado Alonso and Pedro Henríquez Ureña . She taught early at the “Instituto Superior del Profesorado” in Buenos Aires, received her doctorate from Bryn Mawr College in 1955 with the thesis La expresión de la irrealidad en la obra de Jorge Luis Borges (Mexico City 1957, Buenos Aires 1967, 1984, expanded 2000 ; English: Borges. The labyrinth maker , New York 1965) and was professor at the University of Buenos Aires from 1958 to 1966 .

In 1966 she vacated her chair for political reasons and did research at the Torcuato Di Tella Institute (today: Universidad Torcuato Di Tella ), which saved her from emigrating. She often spent six months abroad as visiting professorships (including Harvard University , 1968; Ohio State University , 1971 and 1972; Columbia University from 1973 to 1984). In 1984 she was able to retire due to the changed political situation at the University of Buenos Aires and worked there until her old age.

Anita Barrenechea was from 1977 to 1980 (the first female) chairwoman of the Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas (International Association of Hispanists).

Anita Barrenechea was an Honorary Doctor of Smith College (1967) and Corresponding Member of the Real Academia Española .

Other works

• (Ed.) Francisco de Quevedo, Vida de Marco Bruto , Buenos Aires 1943
• (with Emma Susana Speratti-Piñero ) La Literatura fantástica en Argentina , Mexico City 1957
• (with Beatriz R. Lavandera) Domingo Faustino Sarmiento , Buenos Aires 1967
• (with Mabel V Manacorda de Rosetti, 1918–2009) Estudios de gramática estructural , Buenos Aires 1969, 1975
• Textos hispanoamericanos de Sarmiento a Sarduy , Caracas 1978 (collective publication)
• Estudios lingüísticos y dialectológicos. Temas hispánicos , Paris 1979 (collective publication)
• (with Julio Cortázar ) Cuaderno de bitácora de 'Rayuela' , Buenos Aires 1983
• El espacio crítico en el discurso literario , Buenos Aires 1985
• (Ed.) El habla culta de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Materiales para su estudio , 2 vols., Buenos Aires 1987
• (Ed. With María Negroni) Susana Thénon, La morada imposible , 2 vols., Buenos Aires 2001-2004
• (Ed.) Archivos de la memoria , Rosario 2003

literature

• Homenaje a Ana María Barrenechea , ed. by Lía Schwartz Lerner and Isaías Lerner, Madrid 1984
• Homenaje a Ana María Barrenechea . Ciclo de conferencias pronunciadas en el Centro Cultural General San Marín, días 26 y 27 setiembre de 1984, Buenos Aires 1987
• Homenaje a Ana María Barrenechea , Buenos Aires 2006
• Para recordar a Ana María Barrenechea (6 de Marzo de 1913–4 de Octubre de 2010), in: Nuevo Texto Crítico 24, 2011, pp. 241–249

Web links

• http://www.fundacionkonex.com.ar/b1922-ana_mar%C3%ADa_barrenechea(argentinisches curriculum, with picture)
• http://lirico.revues.org/1074 (Teresa Orecchia Havas, “En memoria de Ana María Barrenechea (1913–2010)”, in: Cuadernos LIRICO 9, 2013, with picture)
• http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1467792-entre-el-sueno-y-la-memoria (obituary, Spanish)
• http://www.mcnbiografias.com/app-bio/do/show?key=barrenechea-ana-maria (short biography, Spanish)
• http://asociacioninternacionaldehispanistas.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61 (obituary by Mlechora Romanos, Spanish, with picture)
• Literature by and about Ana María Barrenechea in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)