Antonio Cornejo Polar
Antonio Cornejo Polar (born December 23, 1936 in Arequipa , † May 18, 1997 in Lima ) was a Peruvian professor and literary critic.
Life
Cornejo Polar received his doctorate from the state Universidad Nacional de San Agustín in Arequipa and became a professor there. From 1966 taught at the State University of San Marcos in Lima and as a visiting professor at the universities in Pittsburgh / USA and Berkeley / USA .
Cornejo Polar is considered to be an important Latin American literary and cultural critic. He was the founder and editor of the magazine Revista de Critica Literaria Latinoamericana , which dealt with cultural and ideological topics.
Cornejo Polar was married to Cristina Soto, who ran the Latinoamericana Editores publishing house and worked with him on the magazine. The two had four children (Ursula, Alvaro, Gonzalo, Rafael).
plant
- Discurso en loor de la poesía: studio y edición . (Lima: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. 1964)
- Los universos narrativos de José María Arguedas. (Buenos Aires: Losada. 1974)
- La novela peruana: siete estudios (Lima: Horizonte. 1977)
- Literatura y sociedad en el Perú: la novela indigenista. (Lima: Lasontay. 1980)
- La cultura nacional, problema y posibilidad. (Lima: Lluvia. 1981)
- Sobre literatura y crítica latinoamericanas . (Caracas: Universidad Central de Venezuela. 1982)
- Vigencia y universalidad de José María Arguedas. (Lima: Horizons. 1984)
- The formación de la tradición literaria en el Perú . (Lima: CEP. 1989)
- The multiple voices of Latin American literature. (Berkeley: University of California. 1994)
- Escribir en el aire. Ensayo sobre la heterogeneidad socio-cultural en las literaturas andinas. (Lima: Editorial Horizons. 1994)
- Mestizaje e hibridez: los riesgos de las metáforas. (La Paz: Universidad Mayor de San Andrés. 1997)
credentials
- Gwen Kirkpatrick, Francine Masiello and Julio Ramos: Antonio Cornejo-Polar, Spanish and Portuguese: Berkeley. University of California, 1997, pp. 43-45.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cornejo Polar, Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Peruvian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arequipa , South Peru |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1997 |
| Place of death | Lima |